UK - Daily Echo letter

If he can't change the law, who can?
I REALLY do hope that John Denham MP can do something about the position he finds himself in on the fluoride issue.
It is his Government that has allowed the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) to make the decision on whether or not to add fluoride to our tap water. It is clear that they have decided to proceed without public consent. This is hardly consistent with Prime Minister Gordon Brown visiting Southampton and offering the assurance that this is an issue local people will decide.
I'm pleased that John Denham will be shortly meeting with the SHA.
However, he should not be simply pleading with them as a constituency MP
He is a government minister. If he can't change the law or dictate to the SHA - who can? This is an issue that is of far wider significance that this area alone. We all wait to see what happens. The clock is ticking Mr Denham,
CLLR DAVID HARRISON, Leader, New Forest District Liberal Democrats.