CAN someone from the Labour party please explain to me how they can support increasing the number of selective schools, increasing privatisation of the NHS, selling arms to repressive regimes, increasing tuition fees for students, pandering to big business, reducing the right to trial by jury - the list goes on.

Can they explain the difference between all of the above and Thatcherism.

I cannot understand why backbench MPs, trade unionists and activists are not standing up against these appalling, right-wing, reactionary policies.

Have they become mute robots unable to think for themselves?

Of course the biggest tragedy is that the only realistic way of getting rid of this lot is to vote for the appalling Conservatives.

What choice is there?

And the politicians wonder why the general public are cynical, apathetic and can't be bothered to vote.

Old Socialist

Morecambe Road