ON Tuesday, June 28, I went to the Cineworld multiplex, in Middlesbrough, to see Tory Boy: The Movie by the former Conservative candidate for Middlesbrough John Walsh.

My overall view was that this was a great piece of work that was more about community than politics.

The film does not solely attack Middlesbrough MP Sir Stuart Bell, but simply shows how his opponent, John Walsh, lived and how he committed himself to run in Middlesbrough.

John Walsh has done more for Middlesbrough in his 90 minute film than Stuart Bell has done in the past 28 years.

One may think that after seeing this film the local Labour party may challenge Stuart Bell and might even deselect him for his inactivity.

People of all political persuasions can enjoy this film.

Matthew Bennett, South Tees Conservative Future.

HAS Sir Stuart Bell, the MP for Middlesbrough, joined a monastery and taken a vow of silence? He has not held a voters’ surgery in 14 years.

Why is the Labour party still entertaining a man who has no time for his constituents?

Labour should immediately deselect Sir Stuart. More worrying, why is this man constantly voted in time after time?

Well, let’s just look at the alternatives: the wibbly, wobbly Lib Dems hardly get the pulse racing and, as for the Tories, they get the blood boiling.

Is it any wonder that someone as disconnected as Sir Stuart can retain his seat?

Labour is selling Middlesbrough residents short, but the party needs to tread very carefully. Stuart Bell may be sitting pretty in one of Labour’s strongest areas but his disregard for the people he is supposed to be serving is as outrageous as his silence.

Sir Stuart would be better off joining the Carthusian monks, just for the sake of his constituents. Even with their strict regime they are still allowed to write four letters a year.

Stephen Dixon, Redcar.