Party trashed the rule of law as well as logic

Few would disagree with D R Cooper’s observation that Liz Truss has created ‘such havoc so quickly’ (Viewpoint, October 20).

While the Convict, aka Boris Johnson, will largely be remembered for being an unrepentant liar, his successor as PM is a hypocrite of the highest order, ditching her sensible pro EU principles to attain the top job in British politics as voted for by the crusty old Tory Party members.

The deterioration of the Conservative

Party was inevitable once it decided to incorporate the values of UKIP in order to win the 2019 general election.

With the help of the elitist Tory press, it attempted to stomp all over the rule of law. Remember the chilling ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE headline from the Daily Mail, never a stranger to extreme right wing autocracy.

Brexit proved to the Tories that telling lies would do nothing to deter a large minority of voters as long as emotions took pride of place over any kind of logic.

With even D R Cooper, one of Brexit's most obstinate apologists, admitting it has adverse effects, what many young and intelligent people are wondering is when politicians from the two best supported political parties will join the Lib Dems, Green Party and SNP in telling the truth about the dishonesty and disgrace surrounding the referendum itself and the negotiations which have left the UK isolated and poorer.

The Conservative Party faces a very uncertain future because of division.

It’s a division caused by lies, and the catalyst for that was Brexit.

JAMES AIDAN Sutton Road

Cookham