SIR – So our two local Tory MPs want to segregate off the more affluent areas of Ilkley, Keighley and Shipley? What can it all mean?

Observant voters will not have failed to notice the raft of extreme right-wing ideology which the Tories (with the help of their Lib Dem partners) have imposed upon us since their election (sic). The sole aim of this free-market capitalism is to redistribute wealth upwards. So that, as has happened over the last 30 years (ie. since Thatcher), the rich will get very much richer and the poor – surprise, surprise – will get very much poorer.

This has been the case in every country around the world where disaster capitalism has been imposed, often by authoritarian military governments. Eventually, of course, even the most stupid electorate begin to realise they have been duped by the free market jackals and seek retribution from the very rich.

Which is why the very rich in all free market countries (especially the USA) live in isolated, gated and protected communities.

For those who believe ‘it can’t happen here!’ Just keep voting for the three main parties, all of whom actively support free market economics.

Christopher Hindle, Osterley Grove, Bradford