SIR — Mr Liddell-Grainger's survey (Free Press June 12) does not reflect the opinions of Exmoor residents.
The 30 per cent who replied are those who feel strongly and it is only human nature that most of those who reply have a grouse against authority, those who are satisfied are unlikely to bother to answer.
The 70 per cent who did not return the form must be reasonably happy with the National Park Authority.
The biggest surprise is so many replies were from those who are satisfied with the authority.
No doubt many did so because they are angry at this deeply flawed questionnaire. It could only produce a result against the authority. Did the author know this and mean it to be so?
Figures you quoted last week mostly purported to show about 50 per cent of Exmoor residents are critical of the authority, in fact on the figure quoted it is about 15 per cent. With such a contentious subject as planning this is a low figure.
Instead of causing trouble on Exmoor, Mr Liddell-Grainger would do better to explain his parliamentary expense claims.
Last year his claims were in the top six per cent of all MPs. His second home claim was £23,083, of which £8,963 was interest payment on his second home.
He claimed £250 a month for food - why can't he use his salary to buy food as the rest of us do?
What did he use the remaining £11,120 on? Why did he claim another £143,000 expenses on top of his second home claim?
Jon Trouton,
Luckwell Bridge.