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Much though I, and I imagine most other Guardian readers, admire John Crace, his claim to be related to “the country’s worst ever prime minister” identified as David Cameron (3 February) appears to be misjudged. He overlooks the even stronger claim to that title of the present incumbent – or should that be recumbent?Jeremy BeechamLabour, House of LordsMuch though I, and I imagine most other Guardian readers, admire John Crace, his claim to be related to “the country’s worst ever prime minister” identified as David Cameron (3 February) appears to be misjudged. He overlooks the even stronger claim to that title of the present incumbent – or should that be recumbent?Jeremy BeechamLabour, House of Lords
• The answer to the question of where parliament should be sited during refurbishment at Westminster is obvious (Editorial, 2 February). There is only one place in Great Britain where both the English and Scottish parliaments have been held in our history: Carlisle.Steven BowditchMayor of Carlisle 2014-2015• The answer to the question of where parliament should be sited during refurbishment at Westminster is obvious (Editorial, 2 February). There is only one place in Great Britain where both the English and Scottish parliaments have been held in our history: Carlisle.Steven BowditchMayor of Carlisle 2014-2015
• Can we have Carrie Gracie on the next £10 banknote please (BBC women take a stand, 1 February)?Catherine AlbertNottingham• Can we have Carrie Gracie on the next £10 banknote please (BBC women take a stand, 1 February)?Catherine AlbertNottingham
• Astonishingly, the combined total of ingredients for the three Yotam Ottolenghi dishes (Feast, 3 February) numbered fewer than those in a Mr Kipling Angel Slice (News, 3 February).Alan PearsonDurham• Astonishingly, the combined total of ingredients for the three Yotam Ottolenghi dishes (Feast, 3 February) numbered fewer than those in a Mr Kipling Angel Slice (News, 3 February).Alan PearsonDurham
• Bookcases that become coffins (Letters, 2 February) seem as good as swords beaten into ploughshares to my mind. From the library to lie-and-bury, and tomes to tombs, no less.Fr Alec MitchellManchester• Bookcases that become coffins (Letters, 2 February) seem as good as swords beaten into ploughshares to my mind. From the library to lie-and-bury, and tomes to tombs, no less.Fr Alec MitchellManchester
• The plastic wrapping for the Saturday Guardian supplements, carefully opened along the bottom, makes excellent protection for outdoor A4 posters, and far more eco-friendly than laminating them (Letters, 1 February).Ken Ducker Yorkley, Gloucestershire• The plastic wrapping for the Saturday Guardian supplements, carefully opened along the bottom, makes excellent protection for outdoor A4 posters, and far more eco-friendly than laminating them (Letters, 1 February).Ken Ducker Yorkley, Gloucestershire
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