MR ROBINSON (Oxford Mail, November 6) accuses me of spewing out Tory diatribe against the trade unions because I exposed their left-wing stance at Morris Motors – which I believe led to its eventual demise.

He says that his father, mother and uncles worked in the factory in the 1920s, where they witnessed disputes in the works by unionists and others.

My father also worked there during that period but he never witnessed this phenomenon. During the ’30s my two elder brothers, my sister and I also worked there – and there were still no disputes.

Along came the Second World War, and the factory was put on to war work. My two brothers and I went to the army where personnel were not permitted to join any political party.

It was not until after the war that for I, for no apparent reason, joined a political party. But, I warn you now Mr Robinson, get your smelling salts ready, because I joined the Labour Party.

It was not until the ’50s that the unions got into full flow with their executive singing the Red Flag with their fists held high at the end of their meetings – while their underlings preached the gospel according to Karl Marx on the shop floor.

It was this kind of thinking which persuaded me to change my allegiance, plus the fact that those not wishing to join the union were classed as scabs and therefore had to be removed.

Workers were enticed not to work with them, leading to continuous stoppages, which eventually lead to the factory’s demise.

I don’t know what the executive now sing at the end of their meetings. It could well be Auld Lang Syne.

D ROTHERY, Horspath Road, Cowley