SIR - Leader of the Council Kris Hopkins' suggestion that Keighley effectively regain its last autonomy deserves a better response than the predictably churlish, indeed "pathetic", call for his resignation (T&A, June 30) from the Labour Group leader.

Leaving aside the question of whether the district really is too big and diverse, the purely party political implications are profound and quite at odds with the positions adopted in the initial squabble.

Were the Keighley area/constituency to be hived off en bloc, the Tory majority would disappear with it, while their hierarchy would be decapitated; the remaining four-fifths would be dominated by Labour, with the Lib Dems and BNP as its main challenger, rather than the Tories.

Truly, we'd be living in interesting times. Logically, therefore, Councillor Greenwood should be dancing a jig of joy at the long-term prospects while Coun Hopkins' colleagues might well sharpen their knives.

Is the Keighleyan not simply salvaging a Tory low-tax bastion and writing off the rest?

Councillor James Lewthwaite (BNP, Wyke), c/o City Hall, Bradford