To Ron House, re his letter regarding the Weymouth and Portland Council.

Help is at hand. The answer has been found.

There is to be one big council reaching from Swanage to Lyme Regis. I think that is right. I may be wrong, but do not think so.

The fairy lights along the promenade will probably be farmed out to some firm which does not know where Weymouth is, but is a whiz with led lights.

A referendum held two years ago which overwhelmingly voted to abolish the Cabinet system of local government here in Dorchester, was ignored.

Now we know why. There was to be an even bigger council to rule over us, with even less representation for local people.

Thus, said referendum need not be acted upon, as being overtaken by events. Progress is a forward motion. A motion some of us did not vote for.

Helena Smith,
Dagmar Road, Dorchester