SIR – Many people happily accept that artificial intelligence will soon have extraordinary powers and be able to render obsolete much of human endeavour. We need to give ourselves, our children and our grandchildren a positive future. It is time to stop backstabbing and dwelling on the past. SIR – What this country needs is for Mr Johnson to form a new party with people who share his values. He is an unapologetic Conservative, and it saddens me that the woke have been allowed to unseat him. (Incidentally, it was nothing to do with us being better off it was about independence and self-determination.) He also made Britain a significant player on the world stage again. How many of us can admit to our own failings? True, he had faults, but at least he acknowledged them. He brought charisma and fun to the dusty world of politics. SIR – I doubt I am alone in regretting Boris Johnson’s departure. Sadly, I can’t bring myself to vote for any of the other parties either. I am a lifelong Conservative, but can’t vote for the party at the next election. SIR – What a nasty group of people politicians are, stabbing each other in the back – and most of them without any experience of how ordinary people live. SIR – The Tories won a landslide victory in 2019 arguably because of Boris Johnson, so it is ironic that they may now lose the next election by the same margin because of him. SIR – Perhaps all those ungrateful MPs who won their seats thanks to Boris Johnson in 2019, and have since been so careless with the Tories’ majority, should also resign. SIR – Of all the disingenuous comments in Mr Johnson’s delusional resignation statement, perhaps the worst was his claim that he had been looking forward to “providing enthusiastic support as a backbench MP” – when, in fact, he had been doing everything he could to destabilise the Conservative Party, damage the Prime Minister personally and position himself for a future bid for No 10. Gone are the days, it appears, when “honourable” members were capable of feeling a sense of shame. Other Johnson acolytes have been pacified by their elevation to the Lords. Nadine Dorries joins him, her personal status more important to her than love of party and country.

SIR – Boris Johnson stands down as a mendacious and unprincipled politician. SIR – Mr Johnson says he is the victim of a witch-hunt, but I would suggest he is simply upset that his past misdemeanours and empty promises have finally caught up with him. SIR – Shame on the Privileges Committee for its unnecessary investigation into a trumped-up charge of misleading the House of Commons.Īlthough Boris Johnson lost my support because of his handling of lockdown and his pursuit of net zero, I will always honour him for his leadership in the fight to recover our democracy from an overweening EU. It makes a mockery of fairness and justice – and it speaks volumes that MPs and others appear to have convinced themselves that this is not the case. As a lawyer (admittedly retired) I find it utterly unacceptable that the body charged with establishing whether he lied to Parliament should include people who have previously declared their firm and unequivocal belief that he has done so. However, in respect of one fundamental matter he has a point. SIR – I am no supporter of Boris Johnson and have little doubt that many of the criticisms made against him have validity. This man led us through Brexit and the pandemic, and played a key role in the West’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Ī phenomenal legacy that he should be very proud of – and for which we, as a nation, should be thankful. SIR – It is so sad that Boris Johnson is standing down as an MP. If there is no comeback for Mr Johnson, history will view him as a prime minister who ultimately failed to fulfil his potential. Many people suspected that the imposition of draconian lockdown rules, for instance, went against everything in which he believed. He had the ability to unite voters from different backgrounds simply by following his instincts.Īs a natural libertarian, he brought about his own downfall by abandoning these instincts. SIR – As both Mayor of London and Tory leader, Boris Johnson arguably enjoyed greater support across the political spectrum than any other modern British politician.

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