MADAM – After they have been entrenched almost 30 years in Stroud Town Council and Ebley Mill, it is breathtakingly naive for John Marjoram and the Greens (SNJ letters) to imagine Ukip loathes them any less than it does the other established political parties.

People, quite rightly, increasingly distrust all politicians. When one sees Stroud District Council – with the Greens firmly part of the ruling group – delivering a record number of greenfield sites into the hands of developers, who can blame them?

Ron Birch

Stroud