I AM gobsmacked by Derek Whitaker, Southampton (Letters, July 22). He hopes that every bin man and every councillor is sacked because of the state of the streets of Southampton. Does he not realise that it is the people of Southampton that dropped the rubbish in the first place.

Does he not realise that if the people of Southampton did not drop their rubbish, the streets would be clean.

The people of Southampton who dropped the rubbish are disgusting and a disgrace to society.

ELIZABETH LEAR, Address supplied.