Actions that bring disillusionment with the political system

WHY am I disillusioned with politics? The Lib Dems abstained in a vote concerning the Culture Secretary’s responsibility for his special adviser’s behaviour regarding the News International’s bid for the whole of BSkyB (Yorkshire Post, June 14).

They clearly believed that the appropriate Parliamentary authorities should examine this rather than leaving it to the Leveson Inquiry. Why didn’t they then vote for this?

Listening to some politicians giving evidence to the inquiry, I get the impression that some who sit on the front benches are being economical with the condemnation of the media – after all they will be hoping for the backing of the Murdoch empire come 2015.

With regard to the televising of Premiership football: why don’t the competition authorities look at the most recent deal where, it is reported, Sky have obtained approximately three-quarters of the matches available?

The Premiership are obviously happy because Sky are willing to pay well for obtaining, what in another section of business, would be considered a near monopoly.

Would it be a bad thing if the Premiership received less money? The remuneration of some footballers might become less obscene and this might even help to curb the excessive payouts to some bankers and some senior executives of quoted companies.

We might even begin to feel that, in some small way, we were all in it together. And pigs may yet fly!

From: John Nicholson, The Laureates, Guiseley.

Neither your Editorial (Yorkshire Post, June 14) nor Mark Stuart in his Opinion recognise that in the coalition agreement of May 2010 there is specific provision that where the two parties disagree on issues “that Liberal Democrat MPs will abstain, and that this will not be regarded as an issue of confidence”.

In contrast to the hysteria of some backbench Conservative MPs, the Prime Minister himself recognised that Lib Dems have never had the same kind of relationship to the Murdoch empire as the other two parties, and his Deputy in his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry acknowledged that the Culture Secretary had behaved impartially since he was given responsibility for the BSkyB bid.

From: Peter Hyde, Kendale View, Driffield.

THERE is little wonder that the populace is becoming a bit disillusioned with the coalition Government.

David Cameron talks the talk but does not appear to walk the walk (Yorkshire Post, June 15).

He is a brilliant speaker and very believable however his actions in cutting police numbers and cutting the military while still expecting the same level of protection against criminals and our enemies beggars belief.

He has managed to alienate most of the public services and many in the private sector. He has made so many U-turns that he is almost a roundabout.

Nick Clegg is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard in that everything the Conservatives try to do he, as a member of the same government, stabs Mr Cameron in the back.

Mind you, I agree with him about Jeremy Hunt. If he is so squeaky clean, why doesn’t Mr Cameron allow an investigation which would prove he had nothing to hide?