Madam, – Am I the only one surprised that the former Progressive Democrat Mae Sexton has now joined the Labour Party and hopes to be selected as a candidate for Labour in the next general election (Home News, April 28th)?
As a member of the Progressive Democrats, Ms Sexton represented and promoted a right-wing laissez-faire approach to politics and economics, which has brought the country to a state of near economic ruin and which is the anthitesis of the socially progressive policies of the Labour Party.
Has Ms Sexton really had a Damascus road political conversion, or am I being cynical in assuming it is more about finding a party ticket on which to fight the election?
– Yours, etc,