Lemon-sucking enemies of an honoured man

sir – In the face of the histrionic confected bluster of thousands signing a petition against Iain Duncan Smith’s knighthood, propelled by the po-faced, lemon-sucking, anti-tory metropolitan elite, where can we go to register support for his well-earned gong? Charles Foster

Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire

sir – Alison Saunders, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, seeks to justify her award of a damehood by stating that she has given “30 years of public service”.

She has been a public employee and

has been paid well, with, one assumes, a generous pension. This tradition of giving honours to civil servants for carrying out their jobs should cease. Tony Hill

Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire

sir – Those awarded BEMS, which many regard as the lowest tier in the honours list, are probably the most deserving recipients. In the main they give their time voluntarily, in support of others in their communities, receiving no other recognition.

Lt Col Jeremy Prescott (retd) Southsea, Hampshire