On a day when we hear of the first 1,000 days of New Labour's administration at Westminster and the problems they have heaped upon themselves, what is new when we see the problems at our very own Guildhall?

King George VI once said that the history of York is the history of England. How true, but how long before the electorate realises this and uses the power they have?

Graham J Way,

Vicarage Gardens,

Osbaldwick, York.

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