I am writing in response to Bob Russell MP’s letter on the visit of Harriet Harman and the Labour Party’s recent electoral performance in Colchester.

How long are we going to put up with Mr Russell’s attitudes?

Well done to the Labour Party for securing the visit of a highly-respected senior politician.

Mr Russell should look at his own government’s visits, an anonymous transport secretary and the former defence secretary Liam Fox, who has subsequently resigned after traveling around the world with a friend.

Paul Holmes
Saffron Way
Colchester