Sir, – There have been some reports recently that the Reform Alliance may be on the way to forming a new political party ("Reform Alliance gears up", Home News, June 4th). Not a good idea. The strong message at the local and European elections was that we have mostly had quite enough of political parties in all their various colours, shapes and sizes.
It seems to me that we want our elected representatives to be regularly accountable to those who do the electing and not to their party leaders under an antiquated whip system.
For the electorate to have to wait five years in the long grass is not really very democratic, is it? What about a “No More Political Parties” party instead? – Yours, etc,
LAURENCE HOGAN,
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Braemor Grove,
Dublin 14.