• THIS morning I walked five miles through Camden between 7am and 9am.

I saw piles of litter everywhere, rubbish bags torn open and lots of vermin, particularly pigeons and seagulls. But, in the entire walk, I saw just one street sweeper – and he was fiddling with his phone.

I can compare this with Paris or Athens where, at that time in the morning, an army of street sweepers would be cleaning the city, getting it ready for a new day.

It is very sad to consider that the Labour administration of Camden Council has decided our borough should be the rubbish bin of western Europe.

MICHAEL CARLEY
Queen Alexandra Mansions WC1