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The Queen’s constitutional position is that she must act in a non-party political manner. Even if she privately agreed to whatever Mr Cameron may have written, she would not have been able to act on the basis of his approach.

Mr More also says I had missed an important point about the Conservative reaction to the Government’s actions when it had to act to prevent the banking crisis getting any worse. I do not intentionally misrepresent what the Conservative leader says in the House of Commons.

When the General Election comes, and even before it, the Conservatives will have the opportunity to tell us what needs to be done. If they have already suggested a coherent way forward I am guilty of not noticing it, though I thought I had given it the whole of my attention.

I hold to the view that the Government had to act, and the Prime Minister was right to seek international co-ordination for measures to address the crisis. It will have an influence on how I decide to vote when the General Election comes.

Geoffrey Bulmer, Billingham.