THANK God for the Greens. In choosing to leave the Chamber on Thursday during the First Minister’s celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, they have shown themselves to be a beacon of light in a sea of subservience.

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At a time when many people are having to choose between eating and heat (and many are struggling to afford either), the United Kingdom has chosen to spend £28 million honouring the most pampered and privileged individual in the country. If only more politicians were brave enough to call this out as the travesty that it is.

Barbara Cooney
Glasgow

I TOTALLY agree with Owen Kelly’s analysis and sentiments in respect of Arlene Foster and the Rev Mervyn Gibson being included in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List (‘Jubilee Honours for pair representing dark days of intransigence and bigotry’, June 2).

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By the way, the Rev Gibson’s award is “in recognition of services to the community in Northern Ireland” though, noticeably, it fails to mention which community. He must be having a laugh.

Alan Reid