Unfortunately, Councillor Oxley is right ("Labour's iron grip stifles local democratic process", Opinion, April 25).
More deeply worrying for our democracy, Tory-dominated West Sussex County Council has just as much of an "iron grip" over West Sussex. Same outcome, different party.
-Richard W Symonds, SCRAM campaigner and independent candidate for Pound Hill
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