‘Leave the plaques in York and let history decide on Andrew’

OLIVER Cromwell famously told the artist Samuel Cooper, to paint him “warts and all”, meaning to paint him comprehensively, honest and unfurnished to cover both good and bad.

Following his defeat at Bosworth Richard III fell foul to Tudor propaganda making him out a hunchback (now known as scoliosis), tyrannical, a child murderer (princes in the Tower ) and yet in his shorts rule of 777 days he was known as an enlightened ruler.

Yes (Prince) Andrew (Duke of York) has reached the height of admiration, during the Falklands War, and the lowest of lows during the Epstein scandal – but let history paint him “warts and all”.

Regarding the removal of the plaque from the Millennium Bridge and the commemorating stone in York Minster recognising the restoration work on the Minster – are they to be thrown into the dustbin of history?

Leave the plaques and let history decide what type of individual Andrew was.

D M Deamer,

Penleys Grove Street,

Monkgate,

York

… HISTORY doesn’t change, only people’s perception of it.

Rather than remove the commemoration stone in the Minster just add “The then” before HRH. This would preserve the reality.

R I Shenton,

Connaught Way,

York

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Will heads roll over Gateway overspend? Probably not…

IT is not unusual for public works to overrun on costs, but City of York’s Council handling of the York Station Gateway Project must take the biscuit, currently £28.5m over budget, and not finished.

Will heads roll? Certainly not, it’s never anybody’s fault especially with council works.

Peter Rickaby,

Moat Way,

Brayton

… A 14-MONTH delay and staggering £28.5 million budget blowout tells us all we need to know about the nonsense spouted that high salaries in local government are essential to attract people of the highest calibre and to compete with the private sector.

In the real world of commerce, anyone responsible for the monumental delays and cost overruns of the Station Gateway project would be looking for another job.

Matthew Laverack,

Lord Mayors Walk,

York

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