AS the Judicial Inquiry embarks on trying to discover just who is to blame for Dr David Kelly's death, I hope it does not overlook the opportunity to investigate the role our current political system has played in the events.

Historically, the present system is based upon two principle political parties - one in government, the other in opposition - spending most of their respective energy and resources out-blaming each other.

Because politics is a career, individual Members of Parliament are encouraged to continually adopt the "party line" to guarantee their career progress, often to the detriment of their constituents.

Is it not time, therefore, to consider a major overhaul of our system of political representation? Surely, there must be some merit in the abolition of political parties, all candidates being required to stand as Independents in future, and all elected Members being required to act in a delegate rather than representative capacity?

By the adoption of the above and particularly the latter then just maybe our Prime Minister would not have been able to have taken the country to war in Iraq against the wishes of the majority of the British public in the first place?

Had, in fact, this actually been the case, then nobody would have had the need to justify anything to anyone.

M J LEVINS,

Worcester.