The Pride this year was a huge success for Brighton and Hove and for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

The gay police association headed the parade from Madeira Drive through the city to Preston Park. The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force were represented for the first time ever. Organisers say the crowds of 120,000 poured into the city and spent lots of money in pubs, bars, restaurants, and businesses throughout the city.

Great. In these days of political correctness, people are reluctant to voice their own opinions but I'm not. To Pride operations manager PJ Aldred and to all the helpers on the day, I say congratulations.

In The Argus on Monday, August 8, we had a coloured photograph edition with pages of some of the more outrageous costumes - one man exposing his rear end for everyone to see and a lady also exposing everything from the waist upwards. And this is in the procession.

If these two people were walking along the seafront in such a manner, would those gay police officers on frontline duty on the seafront arrest them and charge them with indecent exposure in a public place?

It makes you think, doesn't it?

The gay and lesbian community is very fragile to any type of criticism. But someone has to point these things out.

Councillors and especially MPs are frightened to death of criticising the gay and lesbian community.

At the end of the day, it's the vote that counts, you see.

-Councillor Peter Willows, Hove