Labourpains…

Andrew Vass is entitled to his opinion (Letters, 7 December) anent his assumed disasters from a future Conservative government, but seems happy to ignore the actual disasters from previous Labour governments.

A prime example is that official figures show that every UK Labour government, without exception, has left office with a higher unemployment rate than on taking office.

A major problem at present is that no young voters (which in this context means under 45 or even 50) have any personal recollection of who really ran Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, then known as the “sick man of Europe” – Frank Cousins, Hugh Scanlon, Jack Jones, Red Robbo, Jack Dash et al, with Arthur Scargill right behind them.

I query how many have studied the history of that period, despite Labour now intending to give such trade union barons the disruptive power they previously had.

At least Hugh Scanlon of the Engineering Union in his retirement had the honour, decency and honesty to admit how appalled he was at realising the damage they had all done to British industry and therefore to the ordinary British working people.

A Labour government, whether or not propped up by

the SNP and Lib Dems, would cause greater problems than Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan tried unsuccessfully to deal with.

JOHN BIRKETT Horseleys Park, St Andrews

“Should I go or should I stay? ... the band had only one more song to play...”

Whether we voted Remain or Leave, do we really want a Jeremy Corbyn “Last Waltz” of embarrassing indecision over Brexit policy to “last forever” while the uncertainty wreaks havoc in our lives and keeps our economy from breaking free of its shadow?

I’mbeginningtothink#backboris is the only sure way of keeping out of the clutches of the woefully wishy-washy waltz which Corbyn could conduct with our income and livelihoods.

And by the way, is it possible to have as Prime Minister Corbyn who was once monitored by the Met as “deemed to be a subversive”?

MARK STEVEN Picketlaw Drive, Glasgow