IF it was not so sad it would be laughable.

The last sentence from a City of York Council spokeswoman regarding five years in the making serviceable of the Chapelfields Community Centre, only for it to be boarded up seven months later, after constant vandalism was "The matter has been reported to the police" (The Press, September 13).

Serious questions need to be asked as to why this situation has been allowed to escalate to this point.

The police and the council must provide some answers for once and be accountable for their obvious inaction.

We know that since our umbilical cord attaching us to Brussels has been well and truly reinforced by Tony, Two Jags and Brown, every part of British life has been blighted.

The saying that the law is an ass has never been more true than since Labour took power.

The criminal is king under this administration, so a little sympathy, I suppose, needs to be accorded to the police.

Bob Waite, Windmill Rise, York.