B Granger, of Chillington, writes:

Surprise, surprise, Devon is riddled with potholes. No money for this, no money for that… in fact, no money for anything.

Funny this, as we are allegedly the fourth-wealthiest nation on the planet. So where has all this money gone?

Could it be the £12bn we are giving to other countries instead of looking after ourselves?

Or could it be the £19bn we ­contribute to the EU each year? Or maybe the millions looking after and deterring legal or ­illegal immigrants?

I often wonder why they are so desperate to come here, what with all the potholes and lovely weather; or could it be all the handouts? Surely not!

And then there are the ­millions in lost tax floating about in tax havens.

Still, at least the prime ­minister is going to sort that out, having had first-hand experience in such matters. Not to mention the £9m spent on propaganda leaflets coming through a letterbox near you any day.

So how on earth is there going to be any money left for ‘luxuries’ such as healthcare for the disabled or the underprivileged?

I digress back to the potholes. Two reasons for them are a lack of maintenance – I mean, a shovel of tarmac and a hammer are hardly sufficient – and the volume of traffic. Where is it all going? Probably to all those thousands of new homes being built on every square inch of Devon. I wonder where they are going to work?

Anyway, who can remember Kingsbridge, that old, quaint, little market town?

The other day I stopped at Bowcombe Bridge to allow a lorry to cross, it being followed by 22 vehicles, and then I found I was in a queue of 11 cars behind a bus, and it’s not even summer.

And as for the bright sparks suggesting toll roads, I know just the potholes they’ll fit in.

Pass me another blood-­pressure tablet.