HAVING read Labour Cllr Bruce Hogan's letter in the Review (July 26) writing as Labour Secretary, I found it unbelievable that a man of his standing felt the overwhelming urge to question the integrity of growing support given to fellow member Tim Gwilliam.

This should be a very exciting time for the Forest Labour Party – an opportunity to resurrect the core values of the party with a candidate who genuinely cares about the people he wants to represent. Who gives a flying monkey's if the names were pseudonyms? It's the sentiment behind the message that counts. 

Was it really necessary to publicly express surprise and intrigue?   Rather than studying the electoral register in the Forest of Dean, surely more focus and time should be spent analysing the failings of the last campaign and more importantly, how can we turn this 11,000 Conservative majority around.

We need to put bruised egos to one side. Recent local and county elections results suggest Labour is not as in touch with the public as it needs to be. If there was a testament to Tim's credentials, it was his landslide victory in the local election; his energy and enthusiasm are endless, but above all he gives us Forest people hope and fair representation of both our needs and our concerns, which are so sadly lacking with table dancer Mark Harper, who like so many career politicians,  put themselves before their constituents and more importantly our Forest. – Bruno Cook.

Again for intrigue's sake Bruce, Bruno was the name of my first pet and Cook was my mother's maiden name,  but more importantly for you I am a Forest voter.

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