Oxfordshire County Councillor Lesley Legge seems to have hit the nail on the head (Oxford Mail, February 4).

Are we living in a democracy any more? We appear to be on a very slippery slope in the opposite direction judging by the manner in which our elected representatives, be they in local or central government, are behaving.

Whether Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat or Green, those elected must be made answerable to those who vote them into power.

War graveyards throughout the world are full of the bodies of people who gave their lives for their country.

Elected representatives please take note.

CHRIS PAYNE, Victoria Court, Bicester