Dear Sir,

Recent events in parliament prove that differences in opinion can lead to hurtful rhetoric. Lincoln’s words, spoken near the end of the Civil War, are appropriate:

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves.”

Thanking you, ROGER SNAPE