Letter: Unfair to Straw the 'deceiver'

Sir: What a happy land Powys must be ("Union history belies Blair fairy tale", Letters, 24 March). Presumably they did not suffer the poll tax and the ensuing unrest, negative equity has not reared its ugly head, unemployment has not exceeded 4 million and graduates can obtain jobs commensurate with their qualifications.

STEPHEN TOWLER

Leeds