NICE that Mr Boyd is back, this time requesting a change to the head of state. Can you imagine it, another Mr Blair dragging us into another futile war just because the big shot in the States thinks it is best for peace and democracy; or the head of state and the Prime Minister disagreeing with each other in public, that will be good for our international image.

Consultants to look at the Newport senior management? Would it have been cheaper to bring in a group from the Labour-controlled Caerphilly council? Still, it is not their money they are spending. Seems to me they have picked up the ‘spend, spend, spend’ attitude of the last Labour 13 years.

P Meredith, Graig Park Hill, Newport