The Marble Arch Mound

• THE £6million Marble Arch Mound disaster sums up everything that is wrong with Boris Johnson’s Westminster Conservatives.

Not only did they ignore the many residents who objected to the foolish proposal to erect a fake mound at Marble Arch but they wasted £6million of public money on the temporary, sixth-month, development.

That £6million could have been better spent on all manner of practical proposals to improve life for residents.

For example, it could have been spent:

— installing CCTV cameras to catch illegal rubbish dumpers;

— employing more police to crack down on crime;

— reopening the youth clubs closed as part of the austerity cuts;

— building new council homes for residents stuck in expensive private accommodation.

Every four years residents have the chance to sack those running the city council.

There has never been a more obvious time for Westminster residents to exercise their power.

When things go wrong, those making the decisions should carry the can. On May 5 residents will have six million reasons to sack Boris Johnson’s Conservatives.

PAUL DIMOLDENBERG
JUDITH SOUTHERN
& MD SHAMSED CHOWDHURY
Labour Candidates for Hyde Park ward