I was appalled at the photograph in last weeks Gazette & Herald of Councillor Philip Whitehead pointing to a pothole and laughing.

Does he think that there is one person in the whole of Wiltshire, if not the whole country, who doesn’t know what a pothole looks like?

The pothole that he is looking at is only a blip, and looks like it was caused by bad road repairing.

If he really wants to see potholes he should come to Devizes, then he will see what potholes really are!

As for laughing, I found this most unpalatable and an insult to motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.

How crass and patronising can you get?

Councillor Jane Burton, Devizes Guardians.