BIG Brother and such like programmes debase and magnify the very core of what is wrong in our society today.

Sleaze also incorporates "the spin-doctoring" tactics of our politicians when interviewed and their evasive replies to questions put to them. Honesty and truth no longer seem to apply. It is no good placing the blame on any political party in power, after all you voted for them in the first place.

Can we not for once have politicians who are forthright in their views and tell the truth, warts and all, and have the courage to stand by their own convictions and let commonsense prevail once again.

Kenneth Bowker, Vesper Walk, Huntington, York.