When you read about Google’s recent stock market blunder that saw them lose something like millions of pounds, most people would think that the person responsible would either get a damned good talking to, or the sack.

However when most people read about an MP who has lost millions of pounds, there’s nothing to give the impression that anything would be done to deal with the man responsible.

There’s a wall, with MPs and their rules on one side and the plebs and their vastly more disciplined rules on the other. How long can we continue like this?

Hear, hear. I second that proposition.

In Short, NO i do not.

'MPs: now that the European Union writes 80 per cent of our laws; the House of Commons only has 20 per cent of its tasks remaining. Our Members of Parliament have little to do but think of ways to steal taxpayers’ money' Can you back that up? or is it another 'plucked out of thin air' opinion.

Thought so.

Despite agreeing that your examples show some clear injustice, the proposal to cut MP's salaries to £13,000 is an example of why so many 'normal' people have difficulty taking parties like UKIP seriously. Were you to propose that MPs be given the average salary for their constituency; giving them a personal interest in working for the good of everyone, you'd appear less foolish, Denis.

As an ex-serviceman myself, I am always disappointed if our service personnel are treated poorly.

However, I'd balance the argument with the fact that, as a service person in this country, you are given amazing opportunities and experiences. You are trained by the best military in the world and, now, employ some of the most sophisticated bits of kit and techniques.

You form lifelong friendships, enjoy a fantastic social life, become fitter and healthier than you'll ever be in your life and end up having some incredible memories. Whilst not paid an amazing wage, at least you do have a job and a roof over your head.

Finally, all of our troops are volunteers and many are incredibly proud, and let's not forget, honoured, to serve their country.

One service personnel lost or injured is one too many. Yes, we sometimes ask our troops to make the ultimate sacrifice. But with a volunteer force there's always a value exchange between the individual and the State. We've just got to make sure it's a fair one.

I think that our Armed Forces should be treated better than are. I think they being treated better now than they were, but its still not good enough. Career Soldier should mean just that, a life time of commitment in exchange for being looked after for a life time. Particularly his widow and Kids if he has to pay the ultimate price.

As for the MP's some are OK and some are just lobby fodder. Some sort of payment by results system seems to be popular with this government. Chancellors pay for sorting out the economy or a rebate for this one. Secretary of State pay for sorting out the Railways or a rebate from the one they moved out of way just in time to not have to face the music. A bonus for the MP who stuck to his guns about Hillsborough until he got the truth for his constituents. If I knew what UKIP stood for I might be able to give an example there but all I have heard about is “out of Europe”, our main trading partners. How would we measure their results?

I will not vote for any party that tells blatant untruths.

The assertion that the EU writes 80% of our laws is an example of such an untruth.

Is this UKiP offical position or the deliberate falsehood of the author of this letter?

Another ridiculous letter from Denis Allen.

This, as I recall, is the man who previously assured us that Civil Servants could retire on a pension greater than their final salary, despite the fact that even after a full 40 years service under the original Civil Service scheme, the maximum attainable was 50% of final salary, with today's Civil Servants entitled to far less. The only other source for this scurrilous nonsense was the Daily Mail, which later had to admit that they had it wrong - so it appears that Mr Allen's 'research' goes no further than the tabloid rags he reads.

And so it is with his oafish claims in this letter. 80% of our laws made in the EU? Where's the evidence of that? I know it's a mantra of right-wing parties, but that doesn't lend it any credence. Of course in a trading group with similar tax regimes, similar justice systems and human rights models (determined to some extent by the non-EU related ECHR) there will be commonality of law to a great extent - but each country still puts its own laws on the statute book, via the relevant parliament or other democratic institution.

As for the allegation that somehow immigrants are given preference in accommodation provision, this is nothing but simple racism.

There is no evidence whatsoever to support the view that immigrants are given preferential treatment. In fact, if Mr Allen had done one iota of research he would have found that the opposite is true, and that immigrants have very little entitlement, which only becomes greater when they have worked for some time and contributed via tax and National Insurance to our coffers. The only exceptions to these processes are where vulnerable women and children are involved - perhaps Mr Allen would sooner see homeless children on our streets?

The suggestion then, that ex-service people are somehow disadvantaged in favour of immigrants, is utterly scurrilous. If Mr Allen wants to determine why the provision of social housing in the UK is in such disarray, he needs only to look back to the 1980s when the majority of it was sold off cheaply, and not replaced.

That provides problems not only for ex-service people, but for a much broader range of low-paid people, who cannot afford the very high private-sector rents we now see as a result of the buy-to-let boom. To blame the shortage on immigrants is not only small-minded, scapegoating bigotry, which UKIP supporters often excel in, but also mathematically ridiculous.

What I do oppose, Mr Allen, is a cheap shot at the European Union (which in itself is the response to two European/World Wars) masquerading as concern for our armed forces.

Not Impressed.

We were in Warsaw from the 17/10 to 21/10 and in the hotel talking to the barman about all the polish workers in England. his reply was this. The benifits are far better in England than any other EU country, One of the main advantages is ,tell the authorities that you have say 5 children in Poland and claim all the allowances you can get for them, because it will take up to 18 months for the polish authorities to check up, By then you are home and everything is dropped. I don't know if this is true or not, but they are all very nice people.