THE EDITOR, Madam: Contributing to the recent Budget Debate, Prime Minister Holness defended decisions taken during his administration by forging a thoroughly legitimate comparison between Alexander Bustamante’s ‘We are with the West’ posture and Michael Manley’s 1970s Democratic Socialism stance. Contemplation also of the leadership provided by those former heads of government would reveal that, neither being faultless, they showed deep respect for the hallowed demarcation between ideological positioning and principled action in the people’s best interests.