Flat row might well bring Boris down
REPLYING to Brian George’s letter (“Leave Boris alone – he’s doing a great job”, Opinion, May 1), doesn’t Mr George’s assessment depend upon what constitutes a great job?
Mr Johnson’s Government was elected with an 80-seat majority on a single policy: Get Brexit Done. Thankfully the UK rejected the annoying EU, just in time to surmount the Covid-19 pandemic with a brilliant vaccination programme. Where 400,000 citizens a day are now vaccinated, and those people aged over 70 have received their second dose of vaccine. Compare that achievement to the failing bureaucratic EU’S floundering vaccination plans.
Just how much credit for the vaccination success the Prime Minister can claim! Is debatable. Put the vaccine triumph against the PPE debacle and its links to cronyism. Then there’s the £36 billion spent on track and trace, which was a completed waste of money as it failed miserably.
The Prime Minister also resisted advice from scientific commentators about closing the nation’s borders to reduce and contain Covid19. He gave into the demands of landlords of student accommodation to open universities when Covid-19 cases were rising. It’s believed that situation promoted the second outbreak and subsequent lockdown!
Regarding the concept of Prime Ministers being compelled to reside at 10 Downing Street. Consider the second election Harold Wilson won, during 1974, when the Wilson family didn’t move into Downing Street as Mrs Mary Wilson didn’t want the stress of unpacking and repacking her family’s chattels. The experience of living in Downing Street, 1966 to 1970, was enough for her.
Mr George failed to grasp the repercussions of Mr Johnson accepting cash from donors. Just recall the phrase: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” In other words, favours could be sought in lieu i.e. the Prime Minister could be forced to resign over his means to decorate number 10, as the cash could have been provided by an unsavoury character. That someone could give Parliament a worse name than it’s already got. in the United Kingdom.
May I ask that Extinction Rebellion not represent my views, as vandalism and unwarranted actions and disruption are behaviours I do not condone. Such actions as blocking roads will not get the people’s support when they are travelling to work or attending hospital appointments, as a recently mentioned by a neighbour.
How do any of these protesters go to work or study, if they causing so much trouble during periods where a majority of the population is either working, studying, or shopping. If I were a bank owner, I would chase the damage done to their business property, along with the loss of business and the stress caused to staff. Their actions are disguised, nearing terrorism. Tony Morris
Carlton