GOOD luck James! You have achieved a lot in a relatively short time and I wish you success in your future career.

As you know, my real hope for this country is to see PR established for the whole population to have their aims and hopes represented in Westminster according to general support and obligatory voting of all eligible voters.

I am sure this could be achieved in such a system, and I would feel my aspirations received their righteous place in government policy not just you and the relatively small groups of people, in totally different circumstances, who fight for the overruling power of their outdated, opposing minority parties.

At 86, I don’t expect to see it, but it has to come.

George Appleby, Leighton Croft, Clifton, York.