I AM sure that the role of councillor can be difficult and thankless. It obviously isn’t possible to please all the people all of the time.

With the benefit of hindsight, decisions which seemed sensible at the time can appear to be disastrous.

However, if I was the leader of a gang and my troops were leaving me one by one, I might just begin to wonder if it was something I said...

Pamela Brown, Goodwood Grove, York.