ARE we not experiencing the most breathtaking period of British political history we have gone through since the June 24 result of the EU referendum?

Then the resignation of the prime minister, the election of a new leader of the Conservative Party, the internecine warfare of the Labour Party - and now the formation of a new government.

Through this seismic turmoil I now have an even greater love and appreciation of our amazing democracy.

How Parliament shone on David Cameron’s last PMQ with good humour from political foes alike.

Theresa May, a vicar’s daughter and state educated woman, is the right Prime Minister to cope with the hurdles - and great opportunities - ahead.

Her statement: “We will make Britain a country that works, not for a privileged few, but for every one of us” hit the right tone and is morally refreshing after the Eton, Notting Hill set.

The offensive, unjustified rewards for fat cat management should be curtailed - good companies are a team.

It’s not acceptable that in all our top echelons of politics, military, civil service, acting and media are all privately educated.

Where is the state education system going wrong? Enlightening that the new Secretary of State for Education went to a comprehensive.

Post war, my old junior school, Poppleton Road, turned out Vince Cable and Dame Janet Baker.

Keith Massey, Bishopthorpe, York