No true heirs to socialist party
Gabby Massey has a valid point concerning the treatment meted out to Jeremy Corbyn by the media but unfortunately neither of the two groups vying for control of the Labour party are the true heirs of the democratic and patriotic socialist party which offered so much under Attlee and Gaitskill.
Those in the parliamentary group are more committed to attempting to restore rule by the undemocratic EU than they are to helping their natural constituency, the working class, while the left under Corbyn, despite offering acceptable ideas on many domestic matters, also espouse very dangerous policies in foreign affairs, such as throwing away our nuclear deterrent and allowing virtually unlimited immigration into the country.
One of the most important figures in the glory days of the party was Ernest Bevin, a man who left school at eleven but who, as Foreign Secretary in the post-war government, strongly opposed Communism, aided in the creation of NATO and was instrumental, together with Attlee, in ensuring that Britain developed nuclear weapons, all policies which would be anathema to supporters of Jeremy Corbyn. Contrary to the image portrayed by the media, of the main parties now in existence, the one which most represents the ordinary working person is undoubtedly Ukip and, given the distribution of the votes in the EU referendum, it is clear there is now a great opportunity for the latter party to fill the void left both by the warring factions of Labour and the large pro EU section of the Conservatives. Colin Bullen Douglas Road, Tonbridge