FURTHER to another outburst by AP Cox (Letters, January 20) on his opinion of how our city council is being run, he seems to be suggesting he could do better.

If he is so sure (along with other regulars on your letters page) he could do a better job, why doesn’t he stand for election in May?

They would add to their standing and integrity, and I would read their letters with more respect, thus showing us they have all not just got the letter-writing bug.

R S Pearson, Towthorpe Road, Haxby, York.

* Editor’s note: We are happy when people suffer from “the letter-writing bug” and equally content when people write to us for the first time. So keep on writing to The Press.