Judging by Rishi Sunak’s appearance at the Covid Inquiry, I can now understand why so many bigwigs in the Conservative Party are after his head.
It was an appearance that could only be compared to that of his predecessor Boris Johnson and one that I predict will fire the starting gun for yet another Tory leadership contest.
It was also an inquiry that has shown how wrong Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out Scheme really was.
Yet it is only Labour under Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves that seem intent on learning the lessons from outrageous ministerial errors. Hence, only Labour is committed to a Covid corruption commissioner to fight for every penny wasted due to Covid fraud in the interest of every tax-paying and law-abiding UK citizen.
Geoffrey Brooking
Hampshire
No hope left
The spectre of Nigel Farage rejoining the Conservative Party and then being shoehorned into a safe seat (if there is any such thing) has risen again now some tawdry TV spectacle has finished.
Not at all surprising I must add. Back in October, I wrote in more than once, along with many other readers of The Independent, on this very subject, and my feelings remain the same.
What has surprised me however over the weekend are several reports that there is a plot afoot to not only bring the ex-UKIP leader into the cabinet but ennoble Richard Tice, thus removing the threat of the Reform party, and bringing back Boris Johnson! If this is what some Tory MPs consider a sensible plan to breathe life back into their crumbling party, then there is no hope for the future of Conservatism!
Robert Boston
Kent
Party on the rocks
Boris Johnson has successfully wrecked the Tory party on the rocks of Brexit.
Rwanda is largely irrelevant. The migrants in boats are coming via the EU. The only way to deflect and stem the flow is to work effectively with EU countries like France and Spain.
If your house leaks, you go to the source and block it. Desperately mopping up water, and then passing it on to someone else to get rid of, will definitely not solve the problem! Coordinated action, working to target the source of the problem is far more logical.
Unfortunately, the Euro-phobic right wing of the Tory party has chosen to ignore reality and instead is seeking to dump their problem on a developing country most famous for one of the biggest genocides in history.
The British government, for its own convenience, is claiming this to be a safe solution! Risking Rwanda to solve a problem that could be sorted much closer to home in partnership with the EU?
Yet another misjudgment!
Andrew Milroy
Address Supplied
Intolerance works both ways
I loved Giorgia Ambo’s article on being asked about her ethnicity. It was frank and open about an issue which is too often decried as racist. Remember the elderly courtier who was attacked for asking that question at a palace event? Maybe she was just genuinely interested!
I don’t know how often I have asked someone who looks racially just like me “where does that accent come from? It’s not Scottish” only then to have a lovely chat about Poland, or Canada or... Northumberland!
Why must people always assume the worst? There certainly are racist people in every society; however, intolerance can work both ways. Let’s start assuming the best of others before we take umbrage and perhaps we will be a happier society,
Lisbeth Robertson
Orkney
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