REGARDING the letter “Mayor’s office never criticised — just Labour’s abuse of power” by Cllr John Walsh (May 18).

This really is a silly and trite letter offered by Cllr Walsh. It is quite clear from the overwhelming evidence that you are guilty of criticising the mayor, it’s a bit like a little boy being caught bang to rights for breaking a window then coming up with flimsy excuses and childish, wafer-thin arguments of denial.

Cllr Walsh also mentions an abuse of power from the Labour rabble. Do you not think that this statement is a bit rich coming from a party that is abusing its power monumentally by letting the banking sector off scot-free with the chaos that they willingly caused with the credit crunch? Perhaps the abuse of power is that a Government elected without a clear mandate can suddenly start pulling our services apart when none of this was mentioned in their pre-election campaign.

I suggest, Cllr Walsh, that you start treating the people of Bolton with some sort of respect.

People get the impression that you think we were all born yesterday without the ability to reason when, in actual fact, people can see right through you and your reckless party of selfinterested businessmen.

Steve Jones Morris Green