LETTER: Do DT owners have a political preference?

Which of the newspaper’s accounts was the fee paid into?

Do the proprietors of the DT have a political preference?

Would other political parties so be able to use the paper to publish their views in the same way?

David Griffiths

Ashgate

Editor’s footnote — The Derbyshire Times does not support any political party, regardless of whether they advertise in our pages or not. All legitimate political parties may advertise - and a number are planning to do so in the run-up to the election.

But there is a clear distinction between paid advertisements from third parties and the editorial independence of the newspaper and its journalism. Advertising is vital to keep papers like this going - it pays for the professional journalists who help to hold politicans - of any and every party - to account.