I WAS not surprised to see the usual photograph of the Archbishop of York in The Press.

I was not even surprised at the content of his advertisement.

The surprising thing was that he seems to think part of his remit is to tell the readers to "do something this Thursday. Use your vote. Be the change in the world you want to see".

I can tell him that what I want to see is a world where we are not constantly being told every day what to think, how to act etc.

I, as a member of the church, would rather he got on with his own job which is, in my opinion, teaching the principles of Christianity, and he could bring back some of the rules we used to strive to live by which seemed to work. The commandments themselves could do with an "airing", both inside and outside the church, especially in schools.

In conclusion, I could suggest that if he prefers to dabble in the realm of politics, he could do worse than sort out the huge scam of the last election, where, to remind him, the fraud in the postal vote fiasco meant that we did not get a true result because of people voting many times; this is the disgrace. It could also be the reason why a lot of people, who have voted all of their life, have lost all faith and interest in both politics and the voting system, knowing it to be a complete waste of their time. He should not forget this is supposed to be a democracy, which means choice. Can I be the only person following my own conscience, as we have always done?

Mrs E E Mitchell, Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe, York.