Boris Johnson’s departure is a welcome relief. At long last, party members will finally be allowed to draw a line under the behaviour of the most unpopular Conservative leader since John Major.
Rishi can now concentrate on his own agenda, and on revitalising the economy.
My inkling though, just like the opinion polls, still say though that the damage has been done and the party brand trashed.
Prime Minister Starmer coming very soon.
Geoffrey Brooking
Hampshire
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Has Boris Johnson set new standards of satire by giving his hairdresser an honour?
Dr John Doherty
Warwickshire
Honours? What Honours?
Call me old fashioned, but I thought honours were supposed to be awarded to those who have made a positive contribution to our country?
Professor W John Armitage
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Johnson’s sad legacy is a broken Brexit
Reading Boris’s undignified resignation statement makes it abundantly clear that, like many with narcissistic tendencies, he really does believe his own empty rhetoric and lies.
Furthermore, to claim that the 17 million pro-Brexit votes vindicates the outcome fails to recognise the lies and scaremongering upon which those votes were based. The abject failure of Brexit further proves the point. Isolated impoverished little Englanders, we are now the laughing stock of the world. The first time a nation has voted to be worse off.
Well done, Boris.
Simon Watson
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Sunak needs to be braver
Once again Rishi Sunak has proved his cowardice by only tinkering with Boris Johnson’s honours list. No wonder friends and relatives of Covid survivors are appalled that several of those directly involved in Partygate have received honours. If the PM had an ounce of integrity, he would have blocked the entire list and I think this action would have improved his standing with many voters.
David Felton
Estonia
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