Hove MP Ivor Caplin is my MP but does not represent me in that he voted with the Government on the two divisions over Iraq.

What were his motivations in supporting the Bush-Blair line? And could he at least represent my views to Tony Blair?

The support of US oil rights, Israeli domination of the Palestinians and blind US vengeance on any enemy in the absence of Osama bin Laden has embarrassed and endangered this country.

Mr Blair has run from one end of the world to the other like a slavering manservant in order to whip up support for an unjust, US-motivated cause.

George W Bush, in contrast, has remained sedately in the US. In consequence, we are now the prime focus for a large number of factional revenge attacks when previously the US had been the sole target.

Mr Blair has, with sideline support from President Bush, bullied the UN, individual countries in the EU, his own party and, now, the people of this country, whom he is dragging into war against their wishes.

If one man can single-footedly so trample upon the publicly expressed wishes of those he is purported to represent - and with such murderous consequences - surely an immediate vote of confidence in his stewardship is called for.

However, will Mr Caplin please congratulate the Blair spin team on one superb rhetorical manoeuvre?

They have managed, while talking of morality, to shift the debate to "Will you support us if the UN does?" so that MPs who usually think clearly are saying "Yes".

When my seven-year-old says "I did it because Jim did", I use the old "If Jim jumped into a fire, would you?" and he is astute enough to say "No".

Mr Caplin, please match my son's intelligence and remind other MPs that something being UN-sanctioned does not make it moral, particularly as UN votes are currently being bought for a knock-down price.

"The family that slays together stays together" could be the motto for the new Bush-Blair-style Christian fundamentalism. Almost everyone in the UK, including, I suspect, the vast majority of Mr Caplin's constituents, do not wish to be part of that family.

-Martin Davis, Pembroke Gardens, Hove