TORY George Osborne with his welfare statement shows all the compassion of a ferret in a rabbit hutch.

As a society we do seem to admire the rich and demonise the poor.

This may be a throwback to Victorian times.

We have a society composed of rich, very rich, middle class and very poor.

This Tory-led government are not likely to change our unequal society, so they should stop making unrealistic statements about people scraping a meagre living at the bottom of the pile.

It seems like a load of Bullingdon Club boloney.

MAX NOTTINGHAM, Lincoln.