Ken Strudwick’s general assumption that the working class have forgotten their roots is flawed (Letters, June 16).

First of all, Mr Strudwick fails to recognise that the Liberals offer a credible third way. Here in the constituency of Hove and Portslade, we now have Mike Weatherley as a Tory MP, not because Labour voters switched to blue, but because there was a 4.5% swing from red to yellow, mainly because the working class felt New Labour had forgotten their party’s roots.

So Mr Strudwick and the good people of Sussex rejoice, for without the Lib Dem contingent in Government, the Tories would have scrapped the Human Rights Act and other Labour initiatives.

S Zapello
Wickhurst Road, Portslade