I HAD to smile at Cllr Ann Reid’s boast (Letters, November 26) that the Lib-Dems had been responsible for clearing the Hungate site, enabling Hiscox to develop there.

Silly me for thinking it had been cleared for the non-erection of the new council offices, this fiasco costing the York council taxpayer almost £5 million.

Although I would be as happy as many others to see the back of Labour in May, let’s not forget some of the mayhem the Lib-Dems caused when they were last in power.

D McTernan, Fossway, York.