I have no wish to enter the debate about Craig Turton's earlier controversy but I am struck by the fact that he has unblinkingly walked into another one (Letters, June 25).

If he is so keen to represent the residents of East Brighton, why does he prefer to live so far from them - in Portslade?

Residents feel local issues are sidelined and one cannot help but feel that so cavalier an attitude as Mr Turton's confirms their deep suspicions of the party system.

-Christopher Hawtree, Westbourne Gardens, Hove