I THINK it is a good idea for Yorkshire to have its own parliament but it must have a ruling that all its parliamentarians are Yorkshire born.

One has only to look at our once lovely city of York in its present state to see what a difference a London-born council leader has done to York.

There are a lot of Evening Press readers who agree with me.

I was born in Norton, East Yorkshire and I am proud of my county. So let's have a Yorkshire parliament.Tom Smith,

Heathfield Road,

York.

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