An idiotic, sorry state of affairs
■ YET another despicable Commons performance by Boris Johnson offering yet another apology for rule-breaking parties, expecting everyone to move on.
He is still oblivious to the disgust his half-hearted apologies bring to those who obeyed the rules, being unable to meet with friends and family let alone hold a party.
All those constantly rolled out to the media in support of his lies need to be held to account by constituents when the time comes, so congratulations to MP Mark Harper for publicly breaking ranks and telling him to go.
This is only the start of this process as further fines will possibly be issued to Johnson, so this is not going away.
Mike Thorne, Bath
■ Boris Johnson’s statement to Parliament was a pathetic excuse for an apology from a pathetic excuse for a PM. Equally pathetic is his cynical insistence on using the invasion of Ukraine as a reason why he shouldn’t resign.
This is nonsense. Although he deserves credit for this country’s prompt response to the crisis, we would not need him to stay PM in order to continue to support Ukraine.
And what about the other crises facing this country? The Irish border question? Levelling up? Covid? Costof-living crisis? On the back burner until autumn at least.
If he had any decency or honour he would resign. He won’t because he has neither.
John Lee, St Ives, Cambs
■ What a farce trying to get MPs to vote on whether Boris Johnson should be investigated – it’s like turkeys voting for Christmas.
Perhaps the question should be how will he help the millions in this country survive rising fuel and food costs? He seems to be more concerned with globe-trotting trying to curry favour with other foreign leaders.
And where is man of the people Keir Starmer? Has he been struck down with laryngitis? Paul Booker, Clay Cross, Derbys
■ Is it just me or are the Commons’ MPs worse than a class of fouryear-olds? We pay these people’s wages in excess of £80k and while Boris (and a lot of others who aren’t being named/blamed) did wrong by “partying”, do we need a load of overpaid public-school educated toffs behaving like children by shouting and name calling at Boris’s apology?
I don’t know whether to feel embarrassed or angry, or just pity them all.
A Stevenson Watford, Herts
■ Boris Johnson and the Tories are treating the public like idiots. Like a naughty schoolboy trying to wriggle his way out of trouble he maintains he did no wrong although a fixed penalty notice from the police says otherwise.
If MP Brandon Lewis thinks breaking Covid laws is no worse than a speeding ticket, and Boris didn’t know he was at a gathering, perhaps they should offer him a party awareness course as an alternative to his next fixed penalty. Martin Jackson Macclesfield, Cheshire
■ After watching Boris Johnson on the news on Tuesday, I’ve lost count of the number of times he’s apologised unreservedly. He can’t continue to go through his political life apologising. He shouldn’t be making errors in the first place. Tony Howard, Salford
■ Of course Boris Johnson doesn’t mean sorry. That’s not in his DNA. Does he care about Ukraine or the Ukrainian people? Of course he doesn’t. It’s all about him and keeping his backbenchers onside.
The most sickening part was how some MPs actually praised him. Hypocrites!
Jim Bond, Great Hormead, Herts