THIS week there has, again, been a lot of response to the proposed tax credit cuts:

IF the letters of protest regarding tax credit cuts, are typical of the feelings of a lot of people across the country, maybe a u-turn is possible, but don’t hold your breath.

Here are a few more examples of smoke and mirrors: Pensioners will get the biggest rise ever, from April 6 2015, said David Cameron before the last election. Not true. Today’s pensioners will only get 2.5%, around £3 a week. This will hopefully cover any increase in their council tax. The increase only applies to new pensioners.

How about this one . . . Incomes of £10,000 a year will be free of income tax. Not true. As a voluntary worker, I know of lots of pensioners who will still pay income tax. Here’s another: Older people who have to go into care, should not have to sell their homes to fund this . . . we will cap their fees at around £70,000, the state will then take over, said David Cameron before the last election. This has now been abandoned, but I’m sure it will get another airing before the next election. The list goes on.

Thank goodness they had time to vote themselves a 10% pay rise before they went on their summer holidays in July. Does anybody know why they have the same holidays as school children?

But I must not be too hard on our politicians, as we are all in this together, they tell us. We are in it all right, but not everybody comes up smelling of roses.

From Len Willis

Poughill

I NOTE that in the October 22 issue of the Post there were eight letters bemoaning our current Governments attack on the less advantaged in our communities, via their proposed cuts in tax credits.

Well, the people in the SW of England and other parts of the United Kingdom are now reaping the reward of their votes in the election of this May.

For five years the Liberal Democrats had via their coalition with the Conservatives prevented them from attacking the poor for the benefit of the rich, but, now, because of us, largely in part in the South West, our votes have removed hard working Lib Dem MPs and have helped to give right wing Conservatives free range to these dreadful people now running our country.

Through their anti-EU stance, and votes on laws in Parliament on English-only laws they are destined to destroy the United Kingdom.

But it is Liberal Democrat peers, using our power in the House of Lords who are standing up to the right wing Conservatives and are preparing to vote down their attack on the poor. Is it not odd that the second chamber of parliament is more in tune with the needs of our people than the so called elected first chamber?

The selection by the Labour Party of an unelectable leader, only helps the Conservatives in their ploy to attack the poor and destroy the United Kingdom.

We in the West Country and hopefully more widely across the United Kingdom must now re-establish our links and faith in the Liberal Democrats, because, truly only we can save our country.

From?Martin?Trevett

South Wonford, Thornbury

I’M writing to say how disappointed I am that Scott Mann did not speak out against the tax credit bill; all he seems to do is follow the party line.

I cannot see the sense in voting for him again. I wished I had voted for another party now. I really believed Cameron but clearly you cannot believe the Tories.

From Douglas Bird

Bude

I AM appalled that David Cameron has not kept his promise given on national television prior to the election that he wouldn’t cut child tax credits. Within a short space of time this was Government policy. I cannot believe it wasn’t already on the cards when he said that.

Millions of low earning working families, already struggling will find themselves more than £1,000 worse off next April and more than 200,000 extra children will be pushed into poverty, whilst Cameron declared he was ‘delighted’ this had gone through.

There is clear unease amongst his own party but unfortunately none of those who expressed that in the House of Commons had the principles to vote against it.

From Melanie Landells

Boyton

I’M writing to ask why our MP Scott Mann is not supporting the lower income wage earners. Many people in Cornwall are paid low wages and they were looking forward to his support, but he decided that the rich had a greater need for the extra money.

From Huw Huntley

Camelford