Ron Woodley claims residents represented by Independents know their councillors’ policies (June 10).

I decided to take his advice and went to Thorpe Bay Broadway to ask various people, whom I knew to be residents of Thorpe ward, if they knew what the Independents’ policies were, for both the ward and Southend in general.

Well, what a surprise! Not one of them could give me any answers and all of them admitted they hadn’t got a clue. So there you go folks. I think it’s about time the Independent Party – sorry, “group” as they call themselves – let us all know exactly what their policies are for their wards and Southend in general.

How long a timescale will they need to put any policies into practice?

Carol Ashley
Appledore
Shoebury