Follow Boris - axe BrightSide

One of the things many of us did welcome in Boris Johnson's first few weeks as Mayor was his axing of "The Londoner" newspaper and using the proceeds on more useful things.

I think it's time Wandsworth Conservatives learnt from that and chopped their dreadful "BrightSide" publication.

BrightSide has long trod a dodgy line politically: a one-sided promotion of the Conservative administration in Wandsworth paid for by taxpayers. If the Conservatives want to tell us how wonderful they think they are, so be it - but they should fund that from their own pockets, not ours.

In recent months BrightSide's stopped even printing stories that could, under the most generous interpretation be considered "news": they seem to be publishing it just for the sake of publishing it. It contains very little information of any use to anyone - pretty much its only purpose is to get photos of Conservative Councillors into print. It wastes huge amounts of glossy paper. And it's just another piece of junk mail flying through the door...straight into the recycling bin. In fact, possibly the biggest contribution BrightSide makes is to boost Wandsworth's recycling rate.

Council Leader Edward Lister is now working with Boris Johnson on his so-called "waste audit". He could demonstrate that he's serious by copying his boss and scrapping BrightSide.