Dear Roz

You are welcome to your views and it has already been mentioned that 22% are in favour of burial. One in five is a reasonable enough number of supporters, you only need to ask Steve Bullock - I seem to remember it was enough to get him elected as Mayor of our fair borough!

However, if you think about it I am not sure it is too credible to suggest:

1) only people who have experienced loss can have a legitimate opinion on this subject; and

2) if someone disagrees with you that must mean that they have never experienced loss.

Also can you really compare degrees of loss? If you lose a parent at the age of 15 is that less tragic than losing a child at the age of 5 or losing a parent who was your best friend for 30 years?

There are people of all ages buried in the cemeteries.

Similarly is a person's opinion more valid because they have lived somewhere for twenty years compared to someone who has only lived in a place for two years? What about all those people who have moved here from Europe? Are you suggesting they shouldn't have a say?

I am not asking you to agree with me but this debate should really be about the greatest good for the greatest number and not about individual cases.

Finally, in the interest of balance I should point out that the (conservative run) Westminster homes for votes scandal and the (conservative run) Bromley attempt to put a cinema on the Crystal Palace site were equally appalling abuses of local government.