CHRIS Williamson is absolutely right to state "If you want a better future for our country, the power is in your hands" (January 2).
The Bishop of Derby hits the nail on the head when he stated that the general public are fed up of politics and, I suspect, politicians.
The cuts which we are all having to endure are horrendous and result from the national debt of trillions inherited from the last Labour government.
Chris refers to the banks and the part that they played in this, and he is right to do so, but he omits to mention the part which his government had in granting freedom and independence to that industry.
Gordon Brown admitted that his programme was a big mistake and that he had to admit responsibility.
Whilst talking about Gordon's financial acumen, let's look at his raid on public pensions. Bob Maxwell's raid on the Mirror Group pension resulted in a loss of some £350 million of the Mirror Group pension fund and he was, quite rightly, pilloried over this.
Gordon has reduced the value of retirement funds by at least £100 billion.
I will not make reference to the mis-handling of the disastrous sale of part of our gold reserves, simply to say "Yes Chris, we will most certainly have a choice at the next election".
Peter Makin
Albert Street
Belper
