BEING truly patriotic to this nation, and withstanding all and anything that threatens its true democratic constitution, our heritage surely is something we should all stand and fight for.

This Prime Minister, since his misguided election in 1997, has seen fit to ignore, in many ways, those inherent beliefs that for a thousand years this nation has stood-fast to retain.

This nation's membership into the Common Market has been a very grave mistake. Make no mistake about it, we have suffered, but withstood damage once again to our ways of life, in order to pander to cross-Channel lies and deceit.

Much of our cultural industry, because of that, has declined dramatically, and loss of livelihood been thrown away.

Any talk about a Single European Currency is lunacy. It is totally unworkable -- and can only burden further the British taxpayer.

Robert Anderson

Thaxted Place,

Bolton.