WHEN Bassam Mahfouz attended the February Southfield Ward Forum, he made a point of telling us he hoped to be the first MP for the new Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

But, part way through the meeting he upped and left, when there were many other items on the evening's agenda to be discussed.

Is this the way he will be behaving in the House of Commons if he is elected? Say his bit and go?

Here was a missed opportunity for residents to talk to Mr Mahfouz. He says he is speaking at local meetings and on doorsteps. He may well be speaking, but does he want to listen?

EC HAYMAN Beaumont Road

Chiswick