7 JUNE 2008, Page 24

Who’s the worst PM?

Sir: I should not dream of challenging so august a source as Christopher Fildes (Letters, 24 May). I can only state that I definitely remember first coming across the Harold Wilson being the worst prime minister since

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Lord North anecdote in an article written by Bernard Levin for the Times, to which paper he was a regular contributor at the time.

Anyway, be that as it may. As Bertie once said: ‘These are mere straws, Jeeves. Do not let us chop them.’ So Gordon Brown wins the Lord North stakes, showing a clean pair of heels to Harold Wilson, with E. Heath plodding home in third place.

Richard Skilbeck

Newbury, Berkshire