The hypocrisy is breathtaking

Sir, – The hysterical campaign against Russia and the welcoming of the Saudi tyrants to Downing Street are both abject lessons in the hypocrisy and cynicism of the Tory party.

Tory MPS, beginning with the foreign secretary, are decrying alleged Russian involvement in the circumstances surrounding the hospitalisation of Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

The duplicity of Boris Johnson on the issue of Russia is mind-blowing.

In 2014 Putin crony Lev Chernukhin gave the Tories a donation of £160,000. In return his wife got to play tennis with David Cameron and Boris Johnson.

The same person had dinner with Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson in exchange for £30,000 – two weeks after Williamson had warned the Russians were preparing a potentially deadly cyber attack.

In 2014 when George Osborne introduced a so-called oligarch tax to bring down the cost of housing in London, Boris Johnson sided with the Russian oligarchs. He said it would discourage them from coming to London. There are many more examples.

While the denunciations of the Russians was going on, Theresa May invited the Saudi plutocrats to Downing Street.

The Saudi regime is the most backward, corrupt and despotic in the world.

That Mrs May would defend these people the day before International

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Instead of giving £5,000 grants to owners of electric vehicles, funding should be made available to further develop the tried-andtested existing petrol and diesel technology

Women’s Day is beyond parody. UK women in the 14th Century had more rights than women in Saudi Arabia today.

The Saudis promote the poisoned ideology of Wahhabism around the world. They were the main funders of IS.

Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen (being directed with British help) is causing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today. It is far worse than anything in Syria. Mrs May even has the cheek to say Britain is “helping” people in Yemen.

The lesson from all this is that the worship of money is the only thing the Tories care about. Alan Hinnrichs. 2 Gillespie Terrace, Dundee.