BISHOPTHORPE Road Traders’ Association would make brilliant MPs, saying one thing yet meaning another.

They do not want The Winning Post closed (page five in The Press of November 15) then on page 17 in the same edition they are brewing beer – what a conflict of interest.

They brew beer for the community yet want the same community to use The Winning Post.

While the street sells its beer, that same day The Winning Post will have lost a percentage of its takings.

The reason the traders’ association wish to save the pub is they do not want The Winning Post made into a store as it would take away business.

Mr D Wardell, Malton Road, York.