ANOTHER winter approaching with the possibility of yet more flooding and, as if a diminishing farming structure was not bad enough, might the former Worcester resident and displaced nurseryman from horticulture, now at the age of 60, convey his considerable disquiet to our so called Labour government for the countryside.

Importing 95.6% of flowers, trees and shrubs from EC member states, importing huge quantities of pork, hams - you name it, we shall end up being the major importers of all we can produce ourselves.

Treating the aged and ruined from farming to the fiscal obscenity of the Jobseekers Allowance leads only in one direction - depopulation.

JOHN E WILLETT, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.