I SEE the result of the democratic referendum on a new Caldicot supermarket was voted down by the Town Council.

Perusal of the  lately published Monmouth­shire councillor's  expenses  report  leads one to surmise that whilst the latter may well have the ability to cheaply fill their boots at the out of town shopping malls, many others, stuck in the Caldicot shopping backwater, do not.

– Eric Brown,?Caldicot.