In his most recent letter to the newspaper, October 1, John Tanner tries to tell us how different the Labour party is to the Tories. Sadly the exact opposite is the truth.

Labour are committed to all the cuts the Tories have made and will carry forward the damaging austerity programme that is the core of Conservative Party economic policy. It seems from Ed Balls that by cutting child benefit even deeper they will be worse than the Tories at undermining the welfare state.

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Cllr David Williams

They may repeal the Health and Social Care Bill but they are still committed to contracting out NHS services; a process they started in 2006. Their new legislation will keep the Tory privatisation dogma.

Labour will slavishly follow the Tory US lap dog foreign policy… as they did in Afghanistan and Iraq with devastating consequences. They have just voted with the Tories for Iraq War 111. Billions will be wasted on Middle East meddling but there will be no money for the NHS.

Today’s letters

The overlap between Tory and Labour policy is overwhelming. Its ‘Me Too’ on everything from fracking, to nuclear power, inadequate climate change policies , to nuclear weapons. Take almost every major area of Government such as academisation of schools and tuition fees and what the Tories are doing now, Labour started it.

As for reversing inequality the Labour record whilst in office of creating a vast gap between rich and poor speaks volumes about their ideals.

The country is crying out for a real alternative but it is clear Labour are merely the Tory B Team.

Cllr David Williams

Leader of the Green Group on Oxfordshire County Council

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