Following the letter from Hugh Barney Miller, in which he asked where the other political parties were during last year's Brighton and Hove Pride, I'd like to remind him I was there along with a good many others from the Conservative Party.

Unlike some parties, we choose to respect the fact that most people attending the event are there to celebrate, not be lectured to by politicians.

The march is less about party politics, more about a sense of community, which is all too often lost throughout the rest of the year.

The Greens ought to be a little more focused on how, if politicians worked together, we could achieve more by consensus. That way, all communities might gain a little more from us and those who look forward to a fun day on August 10, might not suffer the din of competing egos.

-David Gold, Brighton Pavilion Conservatives, High Street, Brighton