IT'S a pity York's would-be Tory MP, Clive Booth, can't read. He knocks Hugh Bayley for having his photo under a headline about short measures. He should have read the article.

The Labour man was speaking out against short measures. York has plenty of short measures from the Tories - rail privatisation, three million unemployed, 15 per cent interest rates, and home repossessions, to name a few.

Stephen Burton,

Lowther Street,

York.

Updated: 09:27 Tuesday, April 12, 2005