We are saddled with a Prime Minister who cannot lie straight in bed, backed up by a deputy who loves making rude gestures and having a punch-up.

Our Chancellor has introduced more back-door taxes in living political memory and we have a Trade and Industry Secretary who just loves giving our money to our European counterparts, namely the Common Agricultural Policy, while our fishermen and farmers struggle.

And what a fine Sports Minister we have, who couldn't even name the England football captain. Our Education Secretary has a fondness for league tables and any criteria not met means job cuts, wage losses and school closures.

The list of improbables is endless. The moral of the story is, what chance have we got?

-Mick Venour, Mile Oak, Hove