One rule for us and another for them

UNTIL the weekend just gone I have taken some comfort in the fact that, thankfully, we do not have a leader as dishonest and untrustworthy as President Trump.

Alas no longer. Boris Johnson’s attempts to justify and excuse the deliberate flouting of lockdown rules by his chief advisor, Dominic Cummings – with the backing of many of his cabinet toadies – has completely destroyed any faith I (and millions of others) had in his ability to govern with honesty and integrity.

I have always voted Conservative but, if there were an election tomorrow, I would most certainly cast my vote elsewhere.

Boris had his chance and he’s blown it spectacularly. Bluster won’t get him out of this one!

His (mis)handling of Cummingsgate has made it patently obvious that there is one rule for us and another for the ‘privileged’ who tread the corridors of power.

Shame on him, Cummings and those senior members of the government who have, to all intents and purposes, stuck two fingers up to the rest of us, who have followed lockdown rules – with, in many cases, tragic consequences.

I am angry, appalled and disgusted.

Robert Readman Bournemouth, Dorset