Transport secretary Chris Grayling was quoted in the media recently denying that he had cancelled “a single project” for upgrading the rail

network in the north.

Perhaps it was a different Chris Grayling who, last year, cancelled an election promise to electrify the TransPennine route?

The cavalier handling of the truth by politicians and councillors knows no bounds, does it?

It is just another insight into how reliable the Tories are.

G Brian Ledger,

Horseman Close,

Copmanthorpe, York

Labour’s manifesto of great promises

Having taken note of recent policy statements proffered by Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and John McDonald, aided by union baron Len McCluskey, were there to be a General Election tomorrow key points in Labour’s manifesto would be as follows:

1. Leave the EU but retain membership

2. Adopt a wide open door policy on immigration

3. Nationalise everything unions demand

4. Only people voting Tory will pay taxes

5. An Act of Parliament will be proposed ensuring the sun will shine every day at a minimum temperature of 20 degrees.

Peter Rickaby,

West Park, Selby

Direction action to solve pigeon problem

THE letter “Action is needed on York geese” (The Press, May 17) spoke of moving the birds to a more suitable site.

Years ago, early in the morning in Back Swinegate, we occasionally used to find piles of corn surrounded by a mass of feeding pigeons.

This went on for a few mornings and then stopped. A month or so later it would start again.

One morning, starting a bit earlier, we found a man from the council depositing corn in the street. I asked the reason for the feeding of the birds. He explained that once the birds were used to the food he introduced something to dope them, then collected them up and released them in the country.

We didn’t believe a word about releasing the pigeons, but the population was certainly reduced a lot.

D M Deamer, York