All of Rishi Sunak’s promises were lies

Integrity: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Honesty: being able to tell the truth. To be trusted.

So Rishi Sunak has continued where his predecessor left off. The very first words from Sunak as prime minister included a promise to restore honesty and integrity to government so that the electorate would again have trust in those elected to represent them.

We now see that it has all been a lie. Upholding integrity is not something Rishi Sunak will do. He feels unable to say whether he supports the findings of a committee, set up by parliament to reveal the awful truth about Boris Johnson’s lies. He then dodges the vote. A vote that would have shown the public that he is sticking to his word.

Now we find that he won’t take steps to remove peerages and honours given by Boris Johnson to people we have all now seen dancing, singing, joking about “bending” (aka breaking) Covid lockdown rules.

We have had years and years of these disheartening, soul-destroying dramas from the Conservative Party. We’re simultaneously being treated to the sideshow of David Cameron and George Osborne denying that their austerity measures have had any effect on the NHS.

I, for one, am totally sick of it all. Tory ministers behaving like school bullies, threatening those who want to report them with de-selection. Making up new rules as they go along that remove scrutiny and accountability. They are right that we need to move on now. We need a general election. A fresh start, and a chance for the electorate to decide the sanction for rule-breaking and lying.

Karen Brittain

York

What a weak prime minister we have. He clearly doesn’t have the backbone to attend the Commons vote on the Boris Johnson inquiry. Or could this be because he broke lockdown rules himself and the irony is too much for him?

No wonder the public are deserting the Conservatives in droves. It’s been one disastrous leader after another, and the state of the UK has become an absolute joke. But to the ordinary people trying to live and keep a roof over their heads, it’s no laughing matter.

If Sunak has the guts, he needs to call a general election and let the people decide.

Paul Atkins

Burntwood, Staffordshire

Now that Boris Johnson has officially found to have been the most dishonourable prime minister on record, and given that he displayed utter cowardice by resigning his position as an MP in order to dodge further censure, is it not high time to disallow his highly dubious resignation honours list?

Julian Self

Milton Keynes

The biggest mistake David Cameron ever made in his lacklustre time as PM was calling the EU referendum, and it is only exacerbating the strife we are experiencing now.

So many positive aspects of EU membership brought value to our country: from ease of travel between member countries and lack of trading barriers to the improvement of security and scientific infrastructures. The benefits far outweighed any downside.

The European Union may not be a perfect entity, but Britain has been reduced in world status and is financially much poorer as an outsider. The Tory party, especially under Cameron and Johnson, inflicted great harm on the British people who were blindsided by their lies and deceit. Whether it is feasible to become a member again is questionable, particularly with a government that is out of ideas and out of time.

Keith Poole

Basingstoke