Boris was unfit for the job from the start

Sir, – Boris Johnson is a deceitful individual with a history of fabrications. His resignation as foreign secretary is completely self-serving and hypocritical.

There are numerous examples. He was sacked from The Times in 1988 for fabricating a quote, and dismissed in 2004 from the Tory frontbench for lying to the leader.

In 2014 he slashed London’s fire services and told rival politicians to “get stuffed” when challenged about comprising safety.

As Mayor of London he promised to eradicate rough sleeping by 2012; it doubled under his leadership.

He was also both for and against Brexit.

He wrote a newspaper column, which wasn’t published at the time, in support of EU membership just days before backing the Leave campaign. His proRemain piece was later published in a book.

“An excessive sense of entitlement” was his explanation of the London riots in 2011. He should know, as part of the Bullingdon Club at Oxford in the 1980s, where activities apparently included smashing restaurant crockery, car windscreens and antique violins.

After supporting the Iraq war Boris described George W Bush as “a cross-eyed Texan warmonger, unelected, inarticulate, who epitomises the arrogance of American foreign policy”.

Before Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States, Boris Johnson said he “betrays a stupefying ignorance that makes him unfit to be US President.’’

Later, after Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement, Boris said : “Let’s see what Donald Trump does before we rush and wave fingers at him, accuse him of this, that or the other,”

Boris Johnson only cares about himself. He believes in nothing other than the fact that he should be in power.

This national joke should never have been appointed in the first instance.

Alan Hinnrichs. 2 Gillespie Terrace, Dundee.

Boris Johnson is a deceitful individual with a history of fabrications, a correspondent says.