PERHAPS in retaliation for Cllr Borthwick’s defection, the Independent Bournemouth councillors should join forces with the Liberal Democrats. On their own, against the huge number of Conservatives, they will achieve, I suspect, next to nothing.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and New Forest have virtually no opposition and that is dangerous.

That in my view is why for example, AV was an important issue. We don’t want any one political party to dominate.

But for reasons beyond me, people seem to want more of the same.

That is, bad decisions made by well-paid elected and in some cases, very inexperienced people.

RICHARD GRANT, Bisterne Close, Burley