IT is with some amusement that I have read the to and fro of comments for and against the prospective candidate Maryam Khan. As a non-party voter I must be the amongst the most sort after group of voters, with each candidate wooing my support. As Mr Brooks states, party spin could be the issue, but at the same time the young lady is quite attractive! A plus for her, but will she, if elected, ensure that “all” expenses she claims from public funds are published for scrutiny in the Bury Times so we can see what items are claimed for, even if it is a tissue or a plug for the bath?

The same would apply to all other candidates of whichever party they may be. This might just prevent the problem that the current incumbent made when he continued, by mistake of course, to claim monies that were no longer needed. One has to ask, with people like that running the country, it is little wonder this nation is so much in debt; but then our current leader treats the electorate as fools and, of course, it was only public money that was squandered. Let us hope that the next incumbent, whether it be locally or nationally, whoever it may be, will consider the electorate before themselves. Of course. pigs may fly as well!

D Upson Freestone Close Bury