I note with interest, should we choose to have an elected mayor, we will elect one every four years using proportional representation.

Surely doesn't this mean that should three candidates stand for election (for example, S Bassam and K Bodfish for Labour and J Langston for Conservative) and the voting is, say, Bassam 25,000, Bodfish 24,000, Langston 48,000, despite a clear majority for Langston, under PR Bassam would be elected?

I fail to see why PR is proposed when the position of elected mayor is not meant to be a political appointment. But it has suddenly become very clear why the Yes campaign has two major contenders from the same party.

Of course, we can stop this skulduggery by voting No in the forthcoming referendum.

-R Wallace, Charlotte Street, Brighton