WHO is kidding who? The national average IQ has remained around the 100 mark for years, yet New Labour claims our current examinations system at GCSE and A Level have not been made easier!

Now the Rev AP Blair, together with his "Team Ministry", is claiming human nature has changed.

Borough councillors are currently undergoing training in order to equip them to make objective decisions when they take over responsibility for the licensing of premises.

Alcohol remains one of our most serious social problems. Ask the families of alcoholics and those who have suffered from alcohol-related crimes.

Yet the Government, despite evidence from experts, including the Methodist Church and the Salvation Army, are hell-bent on "liberalising" the licensing laws.

The new system will at least "free-up" magistrates, giving them more time to deal with drink-related crimes.

Gambling too is addictive, as families will confirm. Yet new "enlightened" legislation will see Las Vegas being imported to the UK and Gordon Brown will be rubbing his hands at the taxation possibilities.

Some of us already see our current society as a cesspool of moral, social and economic decadence and I, as a great-grandfather, fear for our once Christian nation's future.

County Councillor Tom Wareing

Jays Close

Winyates Green