I WAS listening to Radio 5 on Friday February 21, and on the programme was a Blackburn man who explained why he had torn up his Labour Party card.

He cited Tony Blair and Jack Straw, among others, whom he obviously thought did not measure up to his standards of integrity. He came across as one of the most honest men I have heard.

Most people must be sick of the half truths and euphemisms we often hear from Westminster.

J HAWORTH, Ribble Avenue, Darwen.