The government has now lost any last crumb of authority

What a disgrace! Having resigned but not stepped down, Boris Johnson now blocks the opposition vote of no confidence. Clearly, he doesn’t see the irony.

Frankly, I wouldn’t put it past the Poundland dictator to refuse to step aside when the time comes.

This government has lost any last crumb of authority and the Tories any last fig leaf of credibility if they can’t get rid of him straight away.

Ian Henderson

Norwich

They’re not exactly covering themselves in glory, are they? Refusing the opposition’s motion on a false claim of setting a precedent, the home secretary dodging a parliamentary committee because of the upheaval (after staying in her post despite telling the PM to go so that she can “get on with the job” – probably to send the next Sir Mo Farah to Rwanda).

Maybe, with all the practice they’ve had in the last six years, they’ll eventually get good enough at leadership contests to provide us with a leader at the end of one of them?

Sadly, I think it’s more likely to prove Einstein’s comment about doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different outcome.

Katharine Powell

Neston

So the Home Office has been magnanimous in declaring it will not be taking further action against Sir Mo Farah.

It was no doubt cognisant of the national outcry any such action could have provoked. But this should merely highlight their powers to expel or allow immigrants at their whim, as demonstrated by the wrongful expulsions of hundreds of Windrush children and others; and we now want to extend those powers to deport people to Rwanda.

I hope Sir Mo, instead of expressing his thanks to the Home Office, can speak up on behalf of all immigrants who have spent most of their life here, however they got to Britain.

Peter Smith-Cullen

Norfolk

Your editorial notes the distance between the Conservative Party and the wider electorate on a variety of issues. This ought to be a boon for the opposition parties.

When campaigning starts for the next election, they will be able to throw all the candidates’ words back at them. It will be hard for Suella Braverman to walk back on her comments on trans people, or Liz Truss her fantasy economics, in less than two years’ time.

They call it tacking back to the centre: I call it lying, to one part of the electorate at least. I hope the Labour Party headquarters is filing away the videos for the occasion.

Rachael Padman

Newmarket

In case Kemi Badenoch becomes prime minister, my wife and I have started discussions about which of our house’s toilets we will be designating male or female.

I’m perplexed about why she might feel unisex loos are so abhorrent (irrational prejudice perhaps?), since using one tends to be a solitary endeavour.

Where this might leave people with disabilities is uncertain, but since this government seems to regard these people as functionally neutered and insignificant for all other purposes, it’s probably moot.

Alistair Vincent

Chipping Barnet

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So now we know. Sunak will emulate Margaret Thatcher’s economic policies. She spent every windfall penny, from North Sea Oil to the sale of national assets, on day-to-day expenditure with no investment in infrastructure.

Spending what you earn is all very well, but sometimes you have to forgo the fun stuff and fix the roof and the drains. She never understood that and it seems neither does he.

Joanna Pallister

Durham City