J MOULTON (Letters, October 4) is quite right to expose the duplicitous words and actions of the Labour party in Southampton.

For MP John Denham and Councillor Carol Cunio to be complaining about planning issues is extraordinary. Yes, the Lib Dems are incompetent and a shambles, but who was in power in Southampton for 19 years? Who has been in power in Westminster for nine years? Who has put the Lib Dems in power? Labour.

Already they are trying to rewrite their own history of under-performance both locally and nationally. It really is time for a change.

COUNCILLOR PETER BAILLIE, Southampton City Council.