RE: Council is working hard for schools (News Shopper, May 21). Who is Councillor Trevor Perrin trying to kid? Government underfunding is not the whole story. Bexley Council has a long and ignoble tradition of spending as little as possible on education. Perhaps News Shopper would be so kind as to publish the league table of LEA spending per pupil. On the matter of Sureway, the remedy lies firmly in the voters’ hands. There are elections in 2004. Put forward Residents’ Association candidates with the remit not to renew Sureway’s contract and then simply vote them into office. This will not be difficult: the arrogant ineptitude of party politicians has so alienated the electorate, quite a small number of votes should suffice. Then perhaps we can have real people resolving real issues, as opposed to the cheap point-scoring and vacuous posturing which normally pass for politics. Philip D Delnon Broomfield Road Swanscombe