SIR – R. Robinson (T&A December 20) can be forgiven for holding Tory views, given the paucity of alternative, or indeed, accurate, information about the financial crisis from the (billionaire owned) UK media.

Firstly, the financial crisis was not caused by the last government but by the serial crooks and fraudsters on Wall St and in the City of London.

There was no financial crisis in May 2010. The economy had been set fair by the Labour Chancellor after they had borrowed substantially (to save the banks – and everyone’s pensions) and growth was slow but steady.

The incoming Tory-controlled government saw the opportunity to go to Tory default mode and slash the public sector while privatising the kitchen sink and took it. In this endeavour, they were supported to the hilt by the Lib Dems (lest we forget).

Since then the country has gone from bad to worse and the economy is in tatters.

However, for those who may have become accustomed to having coal broken over their heads, or simply enjoy wringing their caps to their betters, there are now two available options, Ukip and the Tories, (basically, two sides of the same socially-divisive coin).

Christopher Hindle, Osterley Grove, Bradford