For many years I have castigated the abysmal state of politics in England.

Even locally we have suffered from a lack of democracy.

Tory councillors have used the cabinet system to force their will on the rest of us. The Titanic monument to their lack of fiscal jurisprudence will dominate Charles Street for decades.

Nationally, a caucus of the rich and privileged have slavishly supported their own by failing to tax the wealthy fairly. They have favoured their friends instead of their citizens.

They have bedroom-taxed the poor and invalid when there is no appropriate accommodation for them to move into.

Essential services have been cut to the bone and the elderly have suffered most with lack of care. The rich can always afford to pay for the services they need.

The ratio between the pay of CEOs and the average wage of their employees has risen to obscene levels.

Workers have struggled on minimum wages, which aren’t enough to live on and in many cases have had to appeal for help to Social Services.

Some have had to sign up for iniquitous zero-hour contracts; an effective way for the government to make their employment statistics appear favourable.

The reason why the Scots have voted for independence in such huge numbers is that they are sick of the way inequality is manifesting itself in UK.

I feel that important changes will come about as a result of what has happened in Scotland but we must make sure that promises of reform aren’t the usual hot air from politicians of all parties without integrity.

We must kick-off with proportional representation.

Only then can we be sure that our votes will count and we will be governed by a Westminster, which fairly reflects the way our votes are cast.

Hopefully, the 1.75million Scots who resoundingly voiced their discontent will realise we are all in it together and join us in action for change.

Mike Joslin Garfield Avenue Dorchester