One should not be too surprised by the recent student protests, or even the riots that took place in London.

When enquiries are made into the cause of such unrest, the wider picture should be considered. It is simply not good enough to throw otherwise decent young people into prison for getting carried away in the midst of a mass protest.

It is now clear that both Cameron and Clegg were less than economical with the truth, saying one thing to get our votes, then doing the opposite once in power.

On television we see sneering rich men on the Tory benches cheering whenever yet another dastardly measure is taken against the incapacitated, the unemployed, the old and the neediest members of society.

There are cheers as yet more cuts are announced to the services on which the poor depend, and we saw Mr Cameron patting Business Secretary Vince Cable on the head after he doddered his way into announcing the trebling of student tuition fees.

Once again, we have a government of the uncaring rich making war on the poor and the youth of our society. This time out it’s not the grocer’s daughter running the show; instead we have a group of rich ex-public school kids, who have no understanding of life in the real world, creating havoc with people’s lives and laughing and cheering about it.

Thank goodness Parliament is televised and we are able to see and judge these dreadful goings-on for ourselves.

Charles Train Beech Road Witney