CHANCELLOR George Osborne calls benefit cheats muggers.

Then what about fiddling politicians?

The Tories also need to remember that for every pound fiddled from welfare, the same amount goes unclaimed. Nobody argues that benefit cheats shouldn’t be punished, but what about the billions the rich avoid in taxes.

The Tories may no longer blame Johnny Foreigner for our country’s ills, they now consider homosexuality as some sort of badge of honour and that criminals are really victims who warrant compassion, but they still consider the sick, the unemployed and the uneducated as makers of their own misery.

For the poor of Britain, the Tories are still the nasty party.

J Moffatt, Chilton, Co Durham.