SO British workers lack commitment to get up early and do hard work (Worker shortage is farming timebomb, Hereford Times, September 25). What a load of rubbish.

Yes, we do have lazy people on the dole, but we also have people on the dole who will not work like slaves, for the minimum wage, with no overtime or sick pay.

The owners of these fruit farms need to take a look at themselves and the conditions of employment and not the bottom line. The Eastern Europeans are still around and are still looking to come over to the UK to work, but not for nothing.

ALLASTAIRE BALLANTYNE Lower Bullingham