May I take the opportunity of supporting Malcolm Charnock's letter published last week when he highlights the waste of the EU and calls on our MP to give us a referendum on membership?

By the way did you know that our current commitment to the bail-out for Greece, Ireland and Portugal is now £12.5 billion despite the fact that we are not even part of the single currency? This commitment is greater than the proposed spending cuts imposed by our Con-(Lib)Dem Government.

The UK Independence Party is the only major political party calling for a referendum on our withdrawal from the EU. Please help us achieve this by giving us your support.

– Colin Guyton, UKIP secretary, Forest of Dean Branch.