HOW many have noticed how the Government, with the aid of most of the broadcasting media, are using the old as scapegoats regarding the state of the financing of the NHS, glibly ignoring the many millions spent on the obese, binge drinkers, cosmetic surgery, and the numbers of immigrants, most of whom have never contributed much, if any, to the economy?

While most of the old – many having been through a world war, worked hard all their lives and paid their dues – looked after the old of their day, they are now seen as a nuisance.

D Thomas, Hisomley, Westbury