SIR – As we start the new year, just how many times have we heard the words of David Cameron, who said: “We’re all in this together”. But are we?

Some are no doubt in “this” more than others and the words suggest that the hardships of economic recovery are to be shared equally but, in reality, most people would not subscribe to this view.

To quote from the song “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer”, to many people these words indicate the truth of the matter, and without doubt the richer you are the easier it is to share the cost of the economic recovery, and the poorer you are the harder it becomes.

This poses the question, perhaps difficult to answer, how do you define rich and poor?

We now anticipate the political war leading to the general election in May with the dreaded outcome being another coalition Government.

It is becoming more obvious week by week that the people of this great nation have lost confidence, not only in the Government but also in the various parties in opposition and sadly very many people will, through lack of confidence and therefore interest, choose not to vote and this would be a very sorry state of affairs.

Dennis Delaney, The Avenue, Clayton