A power struggle caught on canvas
WHILE choosing paintings by my late father Peter Crosland (1921-2006) for an exhibition, we came across this one (right). Its title is The Last Cabinet Meeting. I wonder what Boris Johnson and his erstwhile political friends would think of it — and who his replacement may turn out to be. EDWINA CHAMBERS,
Clyro, Powys.
AT OUR recent coffee morning, the favoured candidate for prime minister was Penny Mordaunt. Please avoid any Remoaner, woke wet types.
J. BROOKS, Martlesham, Suffolk. KEMI BADENOCH would be an inspired choice for Tory leader. Clean hands, fresh ideas, new energy. She is promoting limited government for essentials, which would be popular with voters, in contrast to the nannying of Labour and the Lib Dems.
ANDREA CROOKS, Swansea.
WHILE Rishi Sunak has been seizing the moment, I continue to wonder about the missing billions in Covid support loans and the giant shortfall in revenues due to the Exchequer from the last tax year.
He should be judged on his stewardship of our money, not on his promises of jam tomorrow.
N. ATKINS, Swindon, Wilts.
OUR next PM should have a little less personality than Boris. Also, no more posh boys. We need someone with a background ordinary people can relate to. Nadine Dorries, come on down.
ALAN SHARPE, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
SO RIVALS can’t snipe that the Tories are the party for the rich, we don’t want an Old Etonian or a multi-millionaire as the new Conservative leader. That rules out Rishi Sunak for starters.
CHRIS HORSMAN, Corby, Northants.
EVERY time someone enters the leadership contest, all I hear is David Essex singing: ‘Oh what a circus, oh what a show.’ And we thought U.S. presidential elections were strange.
CAROL ROSENBERG-FOX, Stevenage, Herts.
■ SELECTED paintings and prints by Peter Crosland can be viewed at Shrewsbury Baptist Church, Claremont St, Shrewsbury, August 2-6, 10am-4pm.