WE are becoming more Americanised in the way we fight a General Election.

We are about to enter the same American format where the leaders of the three main parties have television debates to see who speaks the best and has the most charisma, whereas the most important thing is the party which will bring back some down-to-earth politics with the best policies to benefit all people, not just the rich or so-called middle class.

It will be the people who do not vote who will decide the outcome of the next election.

JM Gowland, Heighington, near Darlington.