The Prime Minister insults his critics while failing to set out any vision of his own

SIR – Rishi Sunak has implied that those who do not understand why he has not cut taxes are “idiots” (report, January 20).

Is that how he regards Sir James Dyson (Comment, January 19), one of Britain’s most effective and innovative businessmen, who has criticised his tax policies?

Mr Sunak’s pusillanimous political attitude is stifling Britain’s recovery and growth, condemning us to penury.

Paul Ives

East Horsley, Surrey

SIR – I object to Rishi Sunak’s suggestion that I am an idiot because I believe we should cut taxes.

We still do not know what the Prime Minister’s aspirations are.

The pandemic was such an extraordinary event that its financial consequences should be treated like a war debt, repayable over a much longer period. Meanwhile, why is the Government not saving money by getting rid of the vanity project that is HS2? Hilda Gaddum

Macclesfield, Cheshire

SIR – Mr Sunak should be more careful with his insults. It was arguably the Bank of England’s failure to take action against inflation, coupled with the Government’s failed lockdown policy (over which he presided as chancellor), that got us into this economic nightmare.

Who exactly are the idiots here? Stephen R Swindells

Ripon, North Yorkshire

SIR – As one of the idiots to whom the Prime Minister was referring, my opinions no doubt lack merit.

But would it be too much to ask him what kind of idiot believes, at a time when Britain needs all the investment it can get (both foreign and domestic), that this is the moment to raise corporation tax? Philip J Ashe

Leeds, West Yorkshire

SIR – No, we are not idiots – as the Prime Minister will discover at the next election.

David Miller

Chigwell, Essex