AT a time when Tony Blair is trying a new openness with American presidential-style press conferences, the leader of Hyndburn Council, Ian Ormerod, is about to scrap leader's questions at full council meetings.
There may be two reasons for this change in policy -- either Councillor Ormerod is trying to stifle democratic debate or he is not really up to the job.
JOHN FARRER, Mallard Place, Oswaldtwistle.
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