I VISITED the amazing Beamish Museum with my two grandchildren during this Easter Holiday.

The 1900s pit village and colliery was very emotive.

Experiencing the day-to-day lives of ordinary working people and their families of this time made me think even more how very lucky we are to live now.

Then I thought about the forthcoming General Election and the horrifying prospect of a further five years of Tory rule.

The NHS, founded by Labour in 1948, social care and public services are all being seriously eroded at best or virtually destroyed by the present Government.

Education, police and prison services are all in need of life support. Yet the British public it seems are intent on voting Tory.

Theresa May reminds me of Kaa, the python in Disney’s animated film “Jungle Book,” singing “Trust in Me” to Mowgli, before looking to devour him.

Also, please remember she backed Amber Rudd, her Home Secretary, in not allowing any kind of inquiry into Orgreave.

John Colbert, Durham