F. G. Robinson (Opinion, August 17) misses the obvious.

Labour lost power because the electorate voted them out and the Tories in. Fed up with the militants, millions, like myself, deserted Labour for nearly 20 years until Tony Blair ousted them and brought the party into the 21st Century.

I agree house prices have reached crazy and probably unsustainable levels, but the false logic of increasing wages more than tenfold would lead to hyperinflation. The last time this happened in an industrial western nation it brought about the rise of fascism.

-K D Bankes, Manor Drive, Cuckfield