A successor for May? The Tory cupboard’s bare

THE Tories were within a whisker of losing the General Election.

Theresa May is a honourable woman who was badly advised by faceless backroom wonders who chose to make it a presidentialstyle election. As a result she never quite got to grips with the most pressing issues.

This lacklustre performance opened the door for Labour to offer sweeteners to the young, old and sick alike, without the expectation that they would ever have to grant them.

The only shaft of sunlight was Ruth Davidson, who must be congratulated for her tremendous campaign in Scotland and should become a force to be reckoned with in Westminster.

With support from the Unionists, the Conservatives ought to be able to stagger on and make sure the Brexit talks start on time.

The Tories have a great deal of soul-searching to do before they take precipitant action regarding a new leader. The cupboard is bare of obvious successors.

COLIN DAVIES, Woodchurch, Kent.

Britain lost out

THE Tories won but lost, Labour lost but won, the SNP dream of a second independence referendum is over, and ten MPs in Northern Ireland hold the power over the Conservatives. Theresa May thought she could ride roughshod over the pensioners, Jeremy Corbyn bought the young with promises he can’t fund, and Brexit is in chaos.

The question is not who won this farcical election, but who lost it. The answer is Britain, and it looks as if we will have to go through it all over again in a few months.

S. T. VAUGHAN, Birmingham.

Voters’ pockets

THE General Election will go down in history as a casebook study of how not to run an election campaign.

From being in a position of dominance, the Conservatives have come out in a worse situation than they started.

They should have known that politics is about making the right political decisions and not just the right decisions.

The net result of this incompetence is that economic growth for 2017 will be a lot lower than forecast, interest rates will remain low for the rest of this decade and quantitative easing might have to be used again. Dr FRANK ISACK, Oakham, Rutland.

Too eager

IF ONLY Theresa May had postponed the election until after the constituency boundary changes scheduled for 2018, then the Tories’ 43 per cent of the vote would have resulted in a thumping majority and be deemed to be a mandate for a hard Brexit.

YUGO KOVACH, Winterborne Houghton, Dorset.

Fancy dinner?

AFTER the Blind Date (Femail) in which a woman said ‘I know what I want — and it’s not him’, I have decided not to put myself forward — unless they beg me to come along and meet a lady.

PS: I have a bus pass, free TV licence and love fish and chips.

PHILIP BRANNON, London SE25.

Hidden enemy

AS RICHARD Littlejohn says, we are at war against terrorism.

We are not fighting an enemy who is plainly visible, with soldiers who are equally as brave as our forces in open combat.

No, we are at war with a hidden enemy who perpetrates cowardly but deadly attacks on innocent civilians, including children.

We must fight back with all the power at our disposal. Radical changes to the way we approach the problem need to be made.

There are said to be more than 3,000 of these losers living among us. The first task is to arrest them all. The gloves are off.

KENNY ALLEN, Newton Abbot, Devon.

Hardly caring

I WAS brokenhearted reading the report about care homes that used the disabled as slaves (Mail), but I was not shocked.

My 17-year- old daughter has severe special needs, and my husband and I decided we would never allow her to go into a home.

We have met people who work with vulnerable clients who should not be allowed near them. It’s astonishing that some homes charge the council £4,000 a week to look after each person.

With half of that money, parents could employ full-time carers so their children could stay at home.

I only hope the so-called carers who have been jailed will find out from the other inmates what it’s like to be mistreated.

B. CHAPMAN, Camberley, Surrey. THESE people who have been jailed for attacking adults with learning difficulties have lost the right to be described as carers. That title goes to the wonderful people who deserve it. TRICIA BOCHENSKI,

Mold, Flintshire.