THERE was a joke doing the rounds a few years ago.

Which were the two worst winters of the 20th century?

Answer: Mike and Bernie.

Now we have Ant and Dec deserting the Labour Party, what a difference that will make.

Rather than watch them on TV I would rather donate my eyes to a rattlesnake as they are about as funny as leprosy.

They would do well to remember that it was the working class who put them where they are today.

Now they want to join the likes of Cilla Black and Jimmy Tarbuck who have also forgotten the way they were brought up and the way the Tories devastated their places of birth.

Terry Tucker, St Helens Auckland.