IN reply to Councillor Dave Hollings and Pauline Lishman, who I assume is a Labour supporter (Letters, March 23), the opinions expressed by myself in this newspaper are entirely my own (and I still stand by them) and no one else's -- and that includes my fellow Tories.

And, yes, perhaps it was an outrageous statement that the majority of youngsters don't want to work.

But, perhaps, as the saying goes, the truth sometimes hurts, and all the facts and figures that Mrs Lishman and Coun Hollings like to quote won't change my opinion on the matter.

It is already well known that facts and figures can be massaged to suit the political arena.

H HAMER, Lowther Place, Blackburn.

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