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Michael Parkinson was on the right side of history

Sir Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson: one of the founding signatories of the Anti-Nazi League. Photograph: Parkinson Productions/PA

Michael Parkinson will be remembered for many things (Obituary, 17 August), but being one of the founding signatories of the Anti-Nazi League in the late 1970s reminds us that he stood on the right side of history.
Keith Flett
Tottenham, London

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Margaret Harris
Isleworth, London

• As a Labour party member, I’m confused. According to Rachel Reeves, the £1.3bn needed to end the two-child benefit cap would be unaffordable, but Keir Starmer is calling for an extra bank holiday should the Lionesses win on Sunday, with an estimated cost of £2.9bn (Report, 17 August).
Richard Price
Leyton, London

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Toby Wood
Peterborough

• Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.

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