I’m sure the long-suffering people of Swindon want to thank the council for once again showing off our town under the best light.

Thanks to them and mayor Nick Martin the very word ‘Swindon’ causes revulsion from here to Timbuktu.

Only in Swindon could such a person hold on to the most important council job for months on end after making such a disgusting comment and only in Swindon would they be aided and abetted by lots of friends.

What were they thinking when they could have gotten rid of him but instead supported him.

What do the Liberals have to say for themselves? So much for all their nonsense about equality.

Like most people who have lived here for all of their lives but travelled around a lot, I have heard all the nasty comments about the town I love being backward and ignorant.

I know it is not backward or ignorant but now the mayor has added fuel to the fire.

In case these people with taxpayer-funded expense accounts didn’t realise it we’re in the middle of a recession and trying to attract investors and talented business people.

What will they say when they research Swindon online and find hundreds of stories about the mayor saying Mongol?

P Barnes, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon