WE are now being told that our beloved country is becoming divided into the haves and have-nots.

This must be the joke of the century. In my 83 years on this planet, it has been forever thus.

Having spent most of my life in the horse-racing industry, I have met them all: some with too much money, some with not enough, some with none at all, and plenty of con men who have tried to make out they have plenty of money, but haven’t.

Ken Holmes, Cliffe Common, Selby.