Woeful options to replace PM May

we have not just millionaires but billionaires at the same time as we have people resorting to food banks, including employed people like nurses, and homeless people sleeping rough on the streets.

In 2013 in his book The State We Need, the late Michael Meacher said that since our richest 10% own wealth equal to five times the UK national debt, a one-off wealth tax levied at 20% would wipe off that debt and lay the foundation for restoring demand, investment and growth.

This could be the alternative to cutting public spending, especially the earnings of our public servants.

Theresa May is a churchgoer, as was seen on television recently, but does she think that the words “Love God and thy neighbour as thyself” are just words to be read, recited or sung but not really acted upon?

TOM FLAWS, Hexham IT’S a frightening thought that, if the Tories get rid of Theresa May, either Boris Johnson or FISHERMEN bound home, enter North Shields port From a sea where storms are often quite fraught Near Tyne’s fish quay, they see, by Clifford’s fort A statue of man seated, whose life was cut short. Where the low light on Clifford’s Fort does glow There on a nice patch of green grass, just below To honour local fishermen a statue’s in that place In his fishermen’s clothes, he sits posed in grace. Tis a statue of a fisherman now lost to the seas In Fiddlers Green, on a bollard, he sits at ease. As he sadly gazes out at the deep blue yonder His past life going fishing, he often will ponder. For him no more sailing out, at Liam Fox could potentially replace her.

Johnson was sacked by The Times for fabricating a quote and sacked from his positions as vice-party chairman and arts minister by then party leader break of dawn To go fishing for the cod, herring, and prawn Watching boats going out, he makes one wish Return safe to your kin, all men who catch fish. As many will look upon that fisherman’s face some recall memories, of lost men, to embrace Life still goes on, but many a widow will weep As the man she’d loved is now lost to the deep. in a grave on the seabed, he maybe will lay But often I’ve heard some old fisherfolk say. now in Fiddlers Green, forever he will dwell far away from the storms and seas high swell.

SID WILSON, North Shields Michael Howard for lying to him about an extramarital affair.

As for Fox, this man saw fit to make a racist joke as an afterdinner speaker and was sacked as defence secretary for allowing his friend, who had no security clearance, to attend defence meetings.

He also had to pay back more wrongly-claimed expenses than any other of the then shadow cabinet.

The only other contender Philip Hammond recently suggested people struggling to manage whilst waiting possibly up to six weeks for their Universal Credit payments “should take out a loan to tide them over”. As I say, it’s frightening.

AW, GOSFORTH