Sir, – Our Editor’s reasons (D&S letters March 27 and his reply to Margaret Whitehead) for giving only the prospective Conservative candidate a full page and neglecting all other equal prospective candidates in this way made me not only smile wryly to myself but made me think of my son and his attitude to vegetables.

When he was a small boy he ate baked beans enthusiastically as his veg of choice. No doubt because this was something I served regularly, being readily available, was easy and quick and not totally without nourishment but not covering all his needs and certainly using many of the earth’s resources for his meal.

As a conscientious parent I also wanted to extend his range, knowing there is more variety of taste, flavour and nourishment. Gradually as he grew and matured he began to recognise the more intricate and subtle yet complicated flavours of other vegetables.

Sprouts remained an issue for years, being eaten like pills, to please his mother.

However, he took the time to experiment and investigate knowing his Mum probably wasn’t totally wrong and later taught me a cracking recipe to keep them nutritious and tasty.

It gave me so much pleasure to pick them from my garden for Christmas and cook them his way, knowing the co-operation that lead to my yummy lunch.

Not as funny as our Editor’s response, but I hope you appreciate my point.

GWEN CLARK

Gayle.