So more appointments to the House of Patronage (Sue Gray given peerage as Labour seeks to rebalance Lords, 20 December). And more ludicrous titles. A Labour government with a huge majority has a unique opportunity finally to sort out the Lords. All it requires is political will. The Blair government introduced a series of major constitutional reforms, but left the Lords as unfinished business. If this Labour government misses the reform opportunity, it will be a failure of historic proportions.
Tony Wright
Labour MP, 1992-2010
• As a lifelong red republican, I’m not an enthusiast for the monarchy. Even so, reading King Charles’s Christmas message (Report, 25 December), it did strike a rather more social-democratic tone than Keir Starmer managed. I wonder if Charles Windsor is considering a late career change to be leader of the Labour party?
Keith Flett
Tottenham, London
