Re: The letter from David & Ester Williams (Thursday, 28th May 28).

The reason I backed Tories, Mr & Mrs Williams, is because during my lifetime I have seen Labour wreck the country and the economy three times.

Not to mention that three times election winner who took the country into a totally illegal war that has now ended up by setting fire to the Middle East and parts of North Africa.

I worked in engineering for 48 years and had to be a member of a trade union whether I wanted to or not.

Many of us fought against the ultra-left wing mantra during the Sixties and Seventies while the union-aided Labour government managed to get inflation roaring and our country was known as the sick man of Europe.

Ed Milliband would have returned to the same left-wing dogma, give me a break and don’t ask stupid questions.

Alan Smith

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