A Conservative voter made to feel like a pariah on social media
SIR – As a Conservative voter, I feel increasingly like a pariah.
Yesterday morning my Facebook page contained a list of Tories, reposted by a “friend”, who supposedly voted against making “rented properties fit for habitation”.
Radio Four spent the previous day blaming the authorities, local council and Government for the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower. The inference throughout, I felt, was that it was all down to Tory cuts and austerity.
Much of the media is on a crusade to get rid of any vestige of Right-wing politics in this country. Those on the centre Right are made to feel guilty for complaining and find it impossible to address such one-sidedness. Hilary Gregory
Bolton, Lancashire SIR – Is the shadow chancellor’s call for a million people to take to the streets to force out the Prime Minister (report, June 16) democracy or mob rule? Stephen Barklem
Woking, Surrey
SIR – In my opinion, the young voters flocked to Labour in the recent general election because of one issue: housing.
The Tories should urgently address this problem. DJ Fordham
Chesham, Buckinghamshire
SIR – Housing is needed, at high speed, wherever there is the most pressing demand. It is a complete mystery why the last three governments have chosen to support the ludicrous HS2 instead of dealing with the urgency of a housing shortfall in the South East. Alasdair Ogilvy
Stedham, West Sussex SIR – Allister Heath (Comment, June 15) is right that we must build more houses and, if necessary, sacrifice more of our countryside to do so.
However, his analysis is contradictory in two areas. He says that builders, after far too long a delay, are now at last building on brownfield sites. But if we release more agricultural land, as he says we must, use of brownfield sites will cease, because builders will always prefer greenfield sites.
He also says that the 100,000 net immigration limit should be dropped.
This would suit big business and maybe, in the short term, help the economy – but we would certainly have to sacrifice yet more of our green and pleasant land. Is this really what people want? Andrew Puckett
Taunton, Somerset