A Conservative leaflet that came through my door said the present Government treated rural people's lifestyles with contempt.

If, by this, the Tories mean they support hunting, why not say so? Probably because most people in this country have contempt for those who dress up in silly clothes and torture wild animals to death for fun.

So come on, Mr Caplin and co, ban this barbarity now. If it means our hunting friends end up in prison, good job too.

-Nigel Baker, Vale Road, Portslade