Labour vs the workers

SIR – Labour claims that it supports the working class and wants to ensure that employees have a say in how companies are run, believing this will improve “democracy”.

However, I’m not aware of the Labour Party ever having a problem with unlimited immigration, which has pushed up house prices and driven down wages. It has never had a problem with the EU’S democratic deficit. The divide between the political class and the electorate over Brexit demonstrates that we need more direct democracy, which takes power out of the hands of the political classes.

I believe that Labour is more corporatist than the Conservative Party, and seeks to make the lowest earners poorer, with less power – the complete opposite of the party’s founding principles. Stuart Noyes

Andover, Hampshire

SIR – Labour is open to the possibility of a “people’s vote” on Brexit.

I must be missing something, but I thought we’d had a people’s vote. Philip Hall

Petersfield, Hampshire

SIR – A second referendum, without the third option of remaining in the EU, would be a waste of time and meaningless.

I have friends who voted for Brexit but have now changed their minds as the consequences of leaving become clearer. Valerie Crews

Beckenham, Kent

SIR – I read with interest John Mcdonnell’s proposal to nationalise the water industry, sack the executives and advertise their jobs at a much reduced salary (report, September 25).

I assume that he will also be nationalising the Premier League, sacking the excessively paid footballers and advertising their jobs at a lower salary. John Jacklin

Darwen, Lancashire

SIR – I wonder whether John Mcdonnell is a fan of George Bernard Shaw, who once said: “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

Wg Cdr Kevin Dowling (retd) Lincoln

SIR – The crisis in our democratic system rests on the fact that we want things that we won’t pay for, and we won’t vote for politicians who tell us the truth.

Keith Farman

St Albans, Hertfordshire