Those who have set themselves up as judge and jury and, ultimately, executioners (Jan 3/5) on who has been the “worst” ever Prime Minister in the UK might do well to delay reaching a final conclusion – until the year 2110 perhaps?

In a world obsessed, as it is, to find somebody to blame for our society’s failings, the search for the perfect leader with all the answers to an anarchic world-wide system, the vicissitudes of which no one individual or group of individuals can exert much control over, is doomed to both go on and be continually thwarted.

Far better these writers start acting like the democrats they no doubt claim to be and set about finding a way in which the interests of us all can best be served.

John Bathurst
Mellow Purgess Close
Basildon