SIR – So, the party that values looking after the rich at the expense of the poor has prevailed in England and Wales and we await the news on where the £12 billion of welfare cuts are to come from.
The UK, of course,is now more divided than ever, which should give even some in the Conservative & Unionist Party pause for thought.
The Labour Party failed to counter Tory spin and the myth of Labour overspending and the “truth” that the Conservative Party fully signed up to its financial plans in 2008, wanting even less regulation.
But sadly, Labour failed most in not articulating a clear anti-austerity approach, that in the end the electorate, at least in England and Wales, never heard. In these parts of the UK, austerity sadly was and is accepted still by many as being the only economic option.
And, of course, finally, many will feel once again that an electoral system that can deliver millions and millions of votes for two smaller parties, resulting in a grand total of two seats, is hardly fit for purpose.
David Hornsby, West View Avenue, Wrose
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