Bins not emptied, VAT at 20 per cent and university fees approaching mortgage proportions.

Snow not cleared, bins not emptied, parking meters and double yellow lines springing up as if by magic.

Council tax always on the rise, VAT at 20 per cent and university fees approaching mortgage proportions.

Are we governed for or against?

And would citizens of any other European country put up with this?

Adrian Carpenter

Colyford