On Thursday I voted for UKIP. I was not alone. Am I a UKIP fan? No. It was a protest vote. I was not alone. To most politicians out there I would say I don't like your policies. You ignore the electorate as an inconvenience.

You are over-represented by lawyers and lobbyists and lack conviction politicians. Your main policy is spin. The MP expenses culture has still not gone away.

With respect to Europe I am not against Europeans coming here to work or study. I am happy to purchase products made in Europe.

I am averse to Europeans dictating how we should control our borders or whom we should accept or expel, and overriding our courts of law.

I am averse to the formation of a United States of Europe with powers over our country's sovereignty. I am happy for free trading arrangements between the countries of Europe. But is Europe.

With respect to immigration, I am happy for controlled immigration provided those entering will adapt to our culture and language and not seek to impose their own or form cultural ghettoes where the original inhabitants are swamped and excluded.

I do not like to see people on the streets with their faces hidden, whether by a balaclava, a hood or a burka.

When the police stop a car, they know who owns it and whether it is insured and taxed. Yet the Home Office appears to have no idea who does or does not reside in this country or where.

With respect to our own national government, all three main parties recently voted in favour of gay marriage.

This was in spite of the largest protest petition that has ever been raised in this country and the existence of civil partnership legislation offering equivalent rights.

It continues to be a hugely expensive exercise editing out references to such terms as widows in the existing legislation.

It effectively destroys the true concept of marriage, which was no doubt the prime intention. The legislation was introduced without any manifesto commitment from any party. Is it any wonder that such undemocratic behaviour angers ordinary people? With respect to our economy, the financial crisis has hit us and the whole of Europe. The primary cause was reckless lending in the banking industry.

That industry has yet to be reformed and speculative banking separated from household banking.

When a clever banker receives a bonus that makes him a millionaire, quite apart from his salary, is it any surprise that we get angry?

Governments want to stay cosy with the banks to further their own ends, and that was as true for Labour as for the present incumbents.

Why do we allow people to borrow five times their income? It used to be a maximum of two-and-a-half times. Factor that into house prices.

Why not stop buy to let mortgages and give tenants a chance to buy instead of paying over the odds in rental?

Student loans have created a credit generation that has no concept of saving and no incentive to do so. Low interest rates discourage savers.

Am I alone in thinking like this?

– Andy Woods, Lydney.