IS the price of placating Kenneth Clarke, and having peace within the Conservative Party, the destruction of the United Kingdom?

For Michael Howard to put David Curry in charge of regionalisation policy is like putting an alcoholic in charge of the brewery.

Does anybody think the career politicians who want regional assemblies will not dream up more and more stupid rules and regulations? Then they will employ even more officials to implement and enforce them.

Guess who will then have to pay for it all. No doubt they will try to bribe us with our own money via bogus "EU grants".

Is there now any real point in having a Conservative Party?

Now that all employment legislation, agriculture and environmental policy is decided in Brussels, it is little wonder that Michael Howard has decided he only needs 12 people in his Shadow Cabinet.

Stephen Feaster,

Chairman,

Ryedale Branch,

UK Independence Party,

Cropton,

Pickering.

Updated: 11:25 Saturday, November 29, 2003