No more excuses – the government must take responsibility for Afghanistan and the people it betrayed

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Boris Johnson visited Northwood Headquarters to meet personnel working on the UK operation in Afghanistan (Getty)

I am sick of hearing the whinging excuses from our government as to why it has not been able to work with the US to get all those at risk out of Afghanistan.

When we came out of Helmand, it was ostensibly a dress rehearsal for what would be needed in the future. But did the former president or Theresa May put arrangements in place? No, they spent more time trying to work out how to avoid refugees.

The British government’s performance is little more than a betrayal of those they had a responsibility for, a betrayal of our nation and its reputation, and a betrayal of our brave soldiers who gave their lives and limbs over 20 years.

The best thing our government can do now is call a general election and let the nation vote for a government that does not lie and does not betray the country it is supposed to lead.

David Janes

Newthorpe, Nottingham

Existential crossroads

Climate change is the most defining issues of our time. We stand at an existential crossroads. We must muster our human ingenuity to nip emerging diseases in the bud, end civil wars, assuage global hunger and poverty and heal the environment. Otherwise, we will drag future generations into the dark labyrinth of an irrevocable catastrophe.

No nation is immune from climate change. Regrettably, we remain committed to hollow slogans uttered in conferences and workshops. We need to translate those words into deeds that transform the daily lives of people on the ground who are most disproportionately afflicted by the scourge of climate change.

Dr Munjed Farid Al Qutob

London

There by choice

The entire membership of the House of Commons is there by choice. All members were eminently aware of the T&Cs. If not, they are clearly in the wrong job. Why on earth should we cut Dominic Raab or any of our MPs some slack, Salma Shah?

William Park

Lytham St Anne’s

Salma Shah seems to have a lot of sympathy for senior politicians. But no one’s forcing them to be the great public servants they like to be seen as.

Dr Anthony Ingleton

Sheffield

Make Christmas come late

Surely, to avoid Christmas being cancelled this year because of food shortages, all Boris Johnson has to do is move it to, let us say, next Easter. After all, he is doing his level best to move the Northern Ireland sea border, which he agreed with the EU.

Robert Boston

Kingshill, Kent