AS A former Plaid Cymru Westminster and National Assembly candidate (for Monmouth constituency), it is not every day that I find myself in agreement with the mutterings of David Davies (South Wales Argus, May 10).

Like many people I share his frustration with the incompetence at the highest levels of the Conservative- driven Coalition Government. His motivation for his latest outburst may be mixed - perhaps the hammering that the Conservatives received in the recent county council elections in Monmouthshire is on his mind.

While David and I agree on the incompetence of the current government, I, however, note the almost malicious nature in which the coalition is attacking the public sector, while failing to introduce proper regulation for the banks (who got us into this mess - with the able assistance of the last New Labour Government) and totally failing to deal with tax evasion and tax avoidance.

Jonathan T Clark, Lambert Street, Casnewydd