Ivor Caplin has accused anti-war activists, of which I am one, of being yobs for protesting outside a Fabian Society meeting at which he spoke.

Mr Caplin is simply not prepared to face those of his constituents who oppose the war in Iraq.

He played his part in this disaster for the Iraqi people by parrotting Tony Blair's lies about WMDs and, in his role as government whip, dragooning Labour MPs into supporting the war vote.

As a result, he has been rewarded with a job as junior minister in the MoD. Yet he has the gall to say we are not peace-loving people.

-Manus McGrogan, Hove