I WRITE in support of the campaign to stop the partial sale of Royal Mail.

If this “sell-off”, guaranteeing ongoing profits to a private, probably Dutch, company (effectively subsidised by the taxpayer) goes ahead, it would ultimately mean the end of what we value so much, a service owned by ourselves that guarantees a delivery every day from Monday to Saturday and at the same price regardless of where we live.

The Post Office currently makes a profit, in contrast to countries such as Holland and Germany with their privatised services which are currently making huge losses (despite charging more and, in the case of the latter, only delivering twice a week in some parts of the country).

Modernisation can be undertaken by investing money raised through cheaper, public borrowing and the Government paying back the pension investment that successive Tory and New Labour governments failed to make some years ago.

The public is massively against any privatisation, with just three per cent indicating approval for investment by a foreign company.

If you are against the sell-off, please sign the e-petition on petitions.number10.gov.uk/Royal- Mail-Sale/ and/or write to your MP and/or Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

John Severs, Durham City.