Electorate cannot ignore this scandal
DEAR Editor, The political sections of our national media are now dominated by one topic: how much the PM knew about the behaviour of Chris Pincher MP when he, Johnson, appointed Pincher as Deputy Whip.
If the UK voters say it’s only a topic for the Westminster journalists we are lying to ourselves.
How much of the “working” day of our PM, his ministers and our MPs is now devoted to discussing and analysing both the word “lying”, and the behaviour of the PM and his colleagues in “dealing” with the effects of “lying”?
We, the voters, can choose who we want to lead our country. If we say they are all the same we are lying to ourselves because there are many honest principled politicians who aim to improve our community.
If we say it doesn’t matter about the morality of the PM we are saying that morality doesn’t matter to us.
If we are still saying let him get on with the job we are accepting that his and our Government’s job is predominantly to manoeuvre words in whispered conversations in corners about the meaning of “did” and “didn’t”.
If we ignore all of this we are saying that it doesn’t matter what other countries think now about “Great” in our national title.
If we say “it makes no difference to me” we are saying that if our leader is a toff that’s the only qualification that he needs.
Whether we write to our MPs or not, all of us should demand an election as soon as possible, so that we can clear out the Party who knew about this man’s character when he was mayor of London but who still chose him as their Party leader.
Jeremy Hall, by email