WHILE I applaud Geoffrey Bulmer for taking the time to offer advice to his Prime Minister in regards to the dissolution of Parliament (HAS, May 22), I suspect he has wasted his time.

Gordon Brown does not do democracy as, in his mind, he earned the divine right to rule having bullied his predecessor, Tony Blair, into resignation.

It has been suggested that Mr Brown would declare a state of emergency and himself as president for life if he thought he could get away with it – a fair assumption in my mind.

Mr Bulmer’s best hope would be to write to David Cameron, as leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, reminding him of his right to inform the Queen that this Prime Minister has lost all authority and no longer commands the respect or support of either her subjects or the House of Commons and request that Parliament be dissolved.

Mr Brown knows that his party is as dead as the Monty Python parrot; he is hoping that if he nails it to the perch during the summer recess the public will forget and those who have lost their jobs, savings, pensions, homes and businesses will forgive.

Des More, Darlington.