Having read the letter from John French I wondered if he had written the Yorkshiremen sketch in Monty Python's Flying Circus. Luxury!

Seriously, I could peddle my working class credentials but I'm sure I could not outdo his 'I've had it tough, lad' life! (Not sure how much urban deprivation he suffers in Brockweir).

John you are so far out of touch with the modern Labour Party (white vans, cross of St George flag) I am sure they would class you as a chav.

Yes I do work in a manual job, I work long hours to give my family a decent life.

I am sick of seeing our wages undercut by cheap foreign labour. I am sick of paying for scroungers and being screwed by the banks and big business.

I am sick of out of touch politicians lying to me.

Locally, UKIP councillors are ordinary working people like me and work hard for our communities. So at the next election why not give UKIP a try? What have we workers to lose but our chains.

– John MacOwan, Bream.