Opinions can be expressed, but need substance

JOHN Wright gives his opinion in his letter of Friday June 17.

An opinion can be expressed, but it must be an informed opinion.

There is no substance in his letter.

I am a law graduate with evidence being one of my special subjects.

He states that my “statistics and opinions are biased towards the Labour Party”.

I was not aware that Labour had infiltrated the Office of National Statistics, Office of Budgetary Reform, Bank of England, International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

He says “I failed to justify the support of all three local MPS and Keir Starmer for the election of Jeremy Corbyn” some three years ago.

Corbyn was elected in 2015 after Ed Miliband resigned.

Corbyn’s victory was all the more remarkable because he started as a rank outsider, only scraped on the ballot paper when 15 labour MPS lent him their votes to widen the debate.

Corbyn won in round 1, out of a Labour party membership of 554,272 votes cast were 422,66476.3%.

Corbyn won with 59.5%first preference , beating rivals Andy Burnham 19%, and Yvette Cooper 17%. The “Blairite” candidate LIZ Kendall came last on 4.5%. His triumph was deeply disappointing to the parliamentary party which overwhelmingly backed the other candidates by 210 to 20.

Many shadow ministers resigned refusing to serve in his shadow cabinet. I voted for Yvette Cooper. John Wright says I should send a “detailed letter on the principles and philosophies of Corbyn.

I voted for my preferred candidate even Mr Wright should recognise the absurdity of his suggestion. Corbyn was elected we had to live with that and not try to undermine his position.

JOHN O’MULLANE,

Hull.