HOW could I ever vote Labour? They need 15 years to right the wrong and link pensions back to earnings.

They took more Parliamentary time debating the Fox Hunting Bill than they did over sending British troops to fight in an illegal war in Iraq to seek out and destroy weapons of mass destruction which didn't exist.

A strong economy? How come then that Government and public borrowing and debt are at record high levels? If this is what it's like having "unprecedented growth" then heaven help us when the recession comes and the bankers want their proverbial "pound of flesh."

The way I see it, the UK is running on credit.

The successive New Labour governments we have had since 1997 have to be the most unreliable wheeler-dealers ever. Del-boy Trotter wouldn't stand a chance.

BERT HARDWICK, Queensway, Waddington, Clitheroe.