‘Tories should decline to field a candidate in Makerfield’

ANDY Burnham has laid bare how to campaign for a seat in Parliament – ignore the truth and show agreement for any passing fad which appeals to voters, nobody then has reason to find fault with you.

A simple formula for success, after all we are fully aware “politics” is the act of deception.

Tories of Makerfield in the interest of the country should decline to field a candidate in the forthcoming by-election, our current prime minister is bad enough, nominating on this occasion a candidate you will help to present to the nation a potential prime minister tens time worse, certainly not a favour nationwide Tories would welcome.

Peter Rickaby,

Moat Way,

Brayton

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PM praying for a loss in by-election?

IS Keir Starmer kneeling by his bedside like Christopher Robin praying that Andy Burnham loses the Makerfield by-election leaving him a clear run to make a bigger mess of the country?

T J Ryder,

Acomb,

York

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Why my steer’s for Keir

I FEEL uneasy over ‘wunderkind’ Andy Burnham’s convoluted manoeuvrings to become PM and leader of the Labour Party. Such shenanigans could be interpreted as a case of fanning the flame of his lofty ambitions.

Very ‘un-British’ in my book. In the end, though, I wish him the best of luck as he sups at the ‘poisoned chalice’. I ask myself, ‘If he’s that brilliant, why?’

Are all York and North Yorkshire eyes now on our very own ‘caped crusader’, David Skaith, for a possible trans-Pennine hop? In the immortal yet rueful words of Margaret Thatcher, ‘It’s a funny old world’. After all that I think my steer’s for Keir. I’ve had my fill of charisma.

Derek Reed,

Middlethorpe Drive,

York

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Russian oil decision is ‘utter madness’

AND so the circus goes on and on. We’re now on track to buy Russian oil from countries who process said oil and sell on. Profits go back to Russia.

What on earth is Starmer thinking of? It’s utter madness.

Decision after decision is going completely wrong and he just cannot see it.

When is it all going to stop?

M Horsman,

Moorland Road,

York

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