THE Press on Monday April 4 showed how some people will say anything to persuade the need for an Alternative Voting system (AV).

I must disagree profoundly with K Kendal, who compares us with North Korea because they do not have AV – not only that, he puts us on a par with 64 of the most undemocratic countries just because they do not have AV.

Does he expect to persuade anyone to change to AV with that argument?

K Barnes in the same issue takes me to task because I said in a previous issue “I think we will not see another such scandal of greed” in reply to Coun Vassie, who had said that AV would have stopped the previous scandal of taxpayers paying for manure, duck houses, etc. I think not.

Duncan Quick in the same issue should be reminded that a previous Tory Government reduced police forces and crime doubled, so what can we expect when we save money on the protection we all need at some time.

Dennis Barton, Woodthorpe, York.