SIR – So, former Radio One DJ Mike Read (pictured) has caused a bit of a stir by singing his composition ‘The UKIP Calypso’.

Mr Read wrote and performed this song in a Jamaican accent, so what?

So have many successful bands over the years, are they all racist?

Mr Read’s catchy little ditty has been climbing the pop charts, and as per usual the “politically correct mob” have emerged from the woodwork crying racists.

Up until next May’s general election we are going to see a great deal of political ‘muck raking’ by the main parties, most will be directed at UKIP.

I am not aware whether messrs Cameron and Miliband are Ray Orbison fans but I am aware that up until next May’s general election they will be ‘Running Scared’.

Terry Tordoff, Calderstone Avenue, Buttershaw