STEVE Nibbs employs a remarkable method in his letters and his latest exchange with Martin Webb is no exception.

Bereft of facts he employs his imagination. The latest was a kind of ‘Captain Pugwash’ fantasy which he used as an analogy to suggest that people coming to Britain would cause the island to sink. He’s wrong about migration and geology simultaneously. When Martin Webb catches him out he argues it was all meant tongue in cheek. Apparently you don’t need to rely on evidence if you squeeze your tongue in your cheek. Add a couple of winks and you could claim North Korea won the World Cup without fear of contradiction.

On the same page the Adver published Steve Halden’s letter, saying public sector strikes are a waste of time because “there is no more money”. What a howler. Is his tongue in his cheek?

One feature of the current crisis is that working people produce an enormous amount of wealth which the non-financial corporations have invested less and less of. The OECD reported; they invested 76 per cent of surpluses in 1975 but by 2008 only 53 per cent. By 2012 it was 43 per cent.

Consequently they are hoarding mountains of cash. They had bank deposits of £76bn at the end 2008, and £419bn by July 2013. What isn’t hoarded is handed out to bond holders and shareholders in increasing amounts.

By the way, the moaning about public sector strikes comes from sources that never support private sector strikes either.

Peter Smith, Woodside Avenue, Swindon