COULD one of the reasons why Labour are polling so badly be because they have a man as leader who is competing for public opinion against a woman?

Maybe it is just my personal view, but every time I see Kate Hoey on the TV, my admiration for her grows.

Although she is too far away from the hard left ground that the majority of party members occupy, thus meaning she has little chance of becoming leader, I would have a bob or two on Labour come 2020 if she was leading the campaign.

Geoff Robb, Hunters Close, Dunnington, York