WHEN are we going to stop spending public money to appease a group known as “travellers”? Anyone can clamp a caravan to a tool bar and qualify to be a member.

There is no evidence that even those who call themselves gipsies represent a cultural, ethnic and certainly not significant racial group. In terms of a valid culture, the FA Cup has a longer traceable history. In reality, what we have are people who want some of the benefits of society (roads, for instance) but try to avoid any contribution to the costs.

If they want to live separate to the rules the rest of us adhere to, then they should pay for it themselves.

Malcolm J Glover, Lindsey Avenue, York.