Hove councillor Brian Oxley's outburst on Labour's poster campaign might be explained by the fact that he is obviously suffering from memory problems.

Has he forgotten his Conservative Party's Tony Blair "demon eyes" poster in the run-up to the 1997 election?

If Coun Oxley is looking for examples of negative campaigning, he need look no further than that particularly nasty and offensive piece of material. It was a low I hope will not be plumbed again by any political party.

However, since the Tories grow more desperate by the day, who knows?

-Mervyn Hamilton, Silver Birches, Haywards Heath