Rats jumping off sinking ship are still rats
I’m sure Scottish Secretary Alister Jack will be getting it in the neck for refusing to resign with all the rest of Boris Johnson’s ministers. Him, Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-mogg must have been the last ones in the bunker.
I’ve never had much time for any one of them but at least they showed loyalty to their man unlike all the other rats scurrying off the ship only when they realised it was sinking. These people had months and years to see what Boris Johnson was, so for them to gasp and clutch their pearls because he told a lie is so much hooey.
What a pathetic bunch. Anyone who sat with him in his government should be automatically ruled out of taking over. They are a disgrace. William Bynes, by email
It’s a money old game
I am one of those who think that European football these days is being governed far too much by purely financial considerations and far too little by simple common sense.
Take the so-called Champions League, for instance. How many teams in it are in fact their country’s league champions?
There are now so many countries eligible to enter that competition (about 50, I believe) that it no longer has the exclusivity of yore, and I think it should revert to being for each country’s league champions, period.
Same deal should apply for the Europa Conference League, which should be only for each country’s cup winners.
If you want another competition, how about one involving each country’s highest-scoring team over a season?
After all, isn’t that why people go to football matches? Actually, how about two parallel competitions: one for each country’s top scorers and one for each country’s stingiest defences, with the respective winners to meet in an intercompetition final? That can’t be any dafter than what’s happening just now!
Davie Kerr, Lochaber Talking walkies
It’s more dangerous than ever to be a pedestrian these days.
Not only do you confront pavement cyclists but also an increasing number of dog walkers, often with two canines in tow or using one of those elastic leads which makes it harder for people to control their dogs.
Tim Mickleburgh, via email
Covid floored me
Like everyone else, I had become a little more relaxed about Covid since restrictions ended and things started getting back to normal. Lots of people seemed to be getting it and were saying it was just like a bad cold so I was pretty relaxed when I started coughing last week. I wasn’t so relaxed at the end of the week though.
It was horrible, easily the worst thing I’ve ever had. Constantly coughing and my throat felt like broken glass, headaches, the lot. I never slept a wink for three night and felt really rotten for the best part of a week. And that was me triple-jagged.
DB, Glasgow