Cronyism and sleaze, or the ‘can do’ Prime Minister for a crisis?
THE latest revelations surrounding ‘dodgy’ dealings between lobbyists and ministers during this Covid crisis is a sad reflection of how this Government wants to keep us taxpayers from knowing why and to whom our hard-earned money is being handed over. It proves cronyism is alive and flourishing among those used to having all the privileges money can buy, but who still seize every opportunity to profit from the NHS to make themselves and their friends even richer, while millions are forced to queue at food banks created by their policies.
Mike GeorGe, London NW5. dOMiniC sAndBROOk’s excellent essay (Mail) captured what is wrong with sir keir starmer’s labour Party and why they will probably lose the Hartlepool by-election. The people of the north will never forget that it was starmer who persuaded lifelong anti-eu Corbyn to commit to a second referendum if labour won the 2019 election. But the ‘Red Wall’ voters instead plumped
for Boris’s ‘get Brexit Done’, which he delivered. Furthermore, Labour’s continuous war cry of ‘Tory Sleaze’ is falling on the deaf ears of the bulk of english voters who are now joyously back in the shops and pubs due to the Tories and our excellent NHS Covid inoculation programme. The public are simply not interested in who is paying for decorating No 10.
BoB JoneS, Plymouth, devon. I AM proud to be a citizen of a dynamic, innovative ‘can do’ country led by an inspirational Prime Minister. Boris Johnson deserves a decent place to temporarily live. After all, the BBC uses taxpayers’ money to pay fabulous sums to talentless presenters, so I think we need to reassess our values. Boris is no saint. But nor was JFK, who is revered for what he achieved not how he behaved in his personal life.
STeVe ForShaW, Kettering, northants. HOW much longer will the public accept this Prime Minister’s pathetic excuses and obfuscation? Or turn a blind eye to his and his close colleagues’ immoral behaviour? Why is there one rule for them and another for the rest of us?
roB BarraTT, Launceston, Cornwall. LABOUR should ask people whose lives have been saved by ventilators what they think of whether Boris Johnson did the right thing in getting them from wherever possible, at whatever cost. As for the furnishings at No 10, does it really matter who paid for them as long as it wasn’t the taxpayer?
n. WoodS, Chilton, County durham. THe stink raised by Cummings is beautifully timed for the elections in May. How about ignoring this bitter man?
roBerT CLeGG, Plymouth, devon. THE alleged analogy used by Boris Johnson, ‘Let the bodies pile high’, was simply to emphasise his reluctance to introduce another lockdown. This is reminiscent of a previous government catchphrase, ‘Better dead than Red’, when annihilation was the preferred option to Communism.