Honour and dishonour for Nick Clegg and co | Letters

The award of a knighthood to “the Tory kingmaker Graham Brady” – who, as chair of the 1922 Committee, “has Theresa May’s political future in his hands” – might appear a little dubious (Politicians to the fore despite May’s promise to stamp out cronyism, 30 December).Suspicions might further be aroused on learning that newly knighted Geoffrey Clifton-Brown was not merely a “junior whip under William Hague” but is the 1922 Committee&rsquo