He broke the rules, he should go

THE Sue Gray report confirms that the Prime Minister repeatedly broke his own lockdown rules, allowing multiple rowdy parties in Downing Street whilst the rest of the country was in lockdown.

Families were unable to make their final visits to dying loved ones; funerals were restricted to minimal numbers with no hugs or singing allowed; and thousands of families postponed weddings and missed out on celebrations.

Businesses in the hospitality sector were lost through lack of custom.

Many workers spent months at home missing the companionship of work colleagues.

But at Downing Street there was a different culture completely. It was as if the rules did not apply to them.

Boris Johnson has been fined for breaking the law and, despite having the final responsibility for the failures at Downing Street, he has refused to resign.

We must not tolerate a Prime Minister who considers himself above the law and does not care that he has insulted millions of lawabiding people by his actions.

This is not a party political point. It is about decency and fairness in government. These are values we hold dear in Britain and what make our country a democracy worth living in and defending.

We cannot tolerate a Prime Minister who trashes our democratic values of decency and fairness. If Johnson will not resign, we must let the Conservative Party know loud and clear we cannot tolerate Boris Johnson any longer; and call upon Conservative Party MPs to do the right and decent thing and sack him. The Revd Canon David Hodgson, Rector, Church of England Parish of Wokingham (All Saints)