I ATTENDED a presentation on the new Mersey Bridge tolls last week.

I knew you could register for £5 to get a discount – I didn’t know you had to pre-load your account with £30 as well.

Either David Mowat and George Osborne didn’t know it would be complicated to exempt Warrington residents from tolls (in which case they were hopelessly incompetent) or they lied about it to win an election.

As it’s expected that it put four per cent more traffic through Bridge Foot, can I suggest that any queues are referred to as Mowat’s folly (or lies, I don’t mind).

CLLR STEVE PARISH (LABOUR – Chapelford and Old Hall)