Boris blusters with no plan… he’s our Trump
There can be no more damning indictment of our current UK Government – composed of yes-men, sycophants and stooges – than Lord Sumption’s critique of the Johnson administration last week. He has clearly identified the weaknesses in Boris’s political make-up: this is a PM always in campaign mode.
Much like President Donald Trump in the US, he will say anything to gain the headlines and public attention without any evidence of a political strategy to benefit the country, his only wish being to stay in the role he has coveted for so long to satisfy his purely selfish ambitions. Denis Bruce, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow
Former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption’s article on the Government’s handling of the current crisis bore all the hallmarks one expects of his professional background: a unique ability to denigrate, to twist and spin the events and to throw as much mud as possible, knowing some will stick.
His column was a masterpiece of 20/20 hindsight. Nigel Parker, Preston, Lancashire
Lord Sumption’s article was the most articulate and sensible piece of writing I have seen since lockdown began! We need bold decision-makers in Government to restore the economy;
unfortunately I agree with Lord Sumption that none exist.
Nicola Sturgeon is even more inept. Get kids back to school and parents back to work to save our economy and our sanity. Isabel Ford, Edinburgh
Jonathan Sumption’s article shows us all one thing: judges should stay out of politics.
Judges, by their very role, deal with the past; they weigh the evidence once it is placed before them and then give us all the benefit of their insight – what we non-legal people call hindsight.
I noticed that Lord Sumption did not take the opportunity to lay out a roadmap to how he thinks we should move forward. Michael Lynchehaun, Wallasey, Wirral
When it comes to the handling of Covid-19, Boris & Co have hardly covered themselves in glory.
Were they too slow to lockdown? Should they have believed the over-the-top scientific predictions? And did they leave thousands of vulnerable elderly people in care homes open to the virus?
We can only hope that our Government is preparing for a second wave of the virus – we need PPE, relevant drugs and a working track-and-trace app.
And next time, kids and healthy under-45s should be exempt from any lockdowns, as Covid-19 appears to put them at no more risk than flu. Mistakes won’t be forgiven twice. Alan Aitchison, Wakefield
If the Prime Minister is relying on the common sense of the population after the lifting of restrictions, it would be in the country’s best interest to prepare the NHS for the next wave of infections. Dennis Haslam, Barnsley