JUST when the Conservative Party was at last making a dent in the standing and popularity of New Labour it scores a classic own goal.

Their MP Howard Flight speaks out of turn at a dinner party and the walls crumble down again.

It is possible to cut out the massive waste and inefficiency of this Labour government and still offer good public services - any businessman can see that. But now, after this classic Tory cock-up, very few will believe it or them.

David Quarrie,

Lynden Way,

Holgate,

York.

Updated: 09:29 Wednesday, March 30, 2005