It’s a bit of a stretch to be both Tory and independent | Brief letters

Local election candidates | Glowing school reports | Longest-serving reader? | Limits of artificial intelligenceI have noticed a number of candidates who are standing as independents in contested district council elections but are also standing in uncontested nearby parish council elections as Conservatives (Letters, 30 April). If they are still members of the Conservative party, can they be independent? I suggest concerned readers ask their local candidate whether they are a member of the Conse