Poverty and weariness in Nigel Farage’s Clacton

‘Is there any wonder that a charismatic man offering a simple answer to complex problems is held on to so tightly?’ Photograph: AFP/Getty

I live in the Clacton constituency, in one of the surrounding villages, some distance from the town, and I agree with Sarah Elizabeth Cox’s characterisation of the town (Farage has turned Clacton into a human zoo. Here’s the truth about what’s happening here, 12 August).

When I go to Clacton to take my kids to the beach or to the cinema, there is a sudden shift in the character of the area. The deprivation radiates in some streets. It is painful to see the residents so keenly in need of a decent MP to offer genuine support for a town with so many problems being exploited by Nigel Farage.