1 FEBRUARY 2003, Page 26

Let's bury the Lib Dems

From Mr Kenny Mizzi

Sir: Simon Heffer ("The dustbin party', 18 January) says that disaffected Tory voters should not look towards the Lib Dams. As a person who left the Tories in 1996 for the Lib Dems, I can only say that Mr Heffer's analysis is spot-on. Lib Dem hypocrisy at the local level is so stark that I rejoined the Tory party earlier last year, resigning from my cabinet position within the council. I did so over matters of 'policy, principle and conviction'. Disaffected Tories should try to fight for what they believe in within the Tory party itself, and hopefully together we will all be able to find some appropriate landfill site in which to bury the Lib Dams for good.

Kenny Mizzi

Conservative member for South Bermondsey ward, London Borough of Southwark.

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