IN the LET of March 24, on page 8, the youth of Labour was paraded with a government minister, yet on page 15 we saw the same contempt for their stalwart campaigners as they have for the electorate in general.

Don't take my word for it, ask George Slynn and Michael Hindley.

If they treat their own elder statesmen in this way, there is little hope for our elderly citizens in our communities, and even less for the rest of us.

JOHN FARRER, Mallard Place, Oswaldtwistle.