SIR – After reading Peter Nielsen’s letter (Worcester News, April 30) I’m sure I wasn’t the only reader left wondering if the cheese has completely fallen off his cracker!

The Taliban is an organisation which kills its own people and opposes any form of progressive politics including rights for women, gays and other minority groups.

I am proud to say Labour is the only party which stands for the rights of everyone, no matter where you are from or how you grew up and the idea that we are elitist and authoritarian is, quite frankly, nonsense.

Where candidates stand – in marginals, or where we live or don’t live – is neither here nor there. Nor is our sex. Yes – you got that one wrong too. Chris Cawthorne is a woman.

Richard Morris, Worcester