The Tories must take their lead from Labour and purge their party of extremists

So, the Tory right-wing rebels have once again shown that they are nothing but bluster and wind!

It’s a shame that Sunak didn’t realise this earlier when he first became prime minister – he could have stood up to them then. Had he done so, he may not have been labelled as weak and the Tories might have done better in this week’s elections. Perhaps he would have commanded more respect had he demonstrated that he could control the more rabid right wing of his own party.

Labour has successfully purged the party of left-wing extremists. The Tory party now needs to do the same with its right wing.

Yesterday’s results show that the electorate does not appreciate the lurch to the right by the Tories – but will Sunak et al appreciate this? I doubt it!

Nigel Groom

Essex

Some of your readers will be surprised that so many Tories still declare that they might yet win a general election. But we shouldn’t be.

After all, were not these the same bunch who promised sunlit uplands after Brexit, no Irish border, trade deals around the world, taking control of our borders to stop immigration and the Germans queuing up to sell us their cars, to name but a few of the benefits? Were they delusional then and now – or perhaps just lying?

G Forward

Stirling

I see that the Home Office has taken to describing Rwanda as “generally safe”. It has obviously been reading The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which advises that the Earth is “mostly harmless”.

It also seems that the Conservatives are modelling themselves on Douglas Adams as their “reality is frequently inaccurate”.

Meanwhile, I agree with Adams’s suspicion that the entire Earth “is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs”.

Tim Sidaway

Hertfordshire

There has been much in the papers lately about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, as well as the real danger of natural stupidity – mainly in politics (especially with a well-known example in the US). What would happen if we combined them?

Politicians could be replaced by robots using AI. They would probably make more sensible choices, more quickly and without the need for expensive committee reviews. They would help the environment as they would not be as full of hot air as politicians are.

They would probably speak English better than some politicians and could be programmed never to lie – something that is difficult to achieve with politicians. They won’t be caught out with inappropriate activities, or paying to keep their sins hidden.

Maybe we should make the choice to switch before AI takes over anyway – if it hasn’t already.

Dennis Fitzgerald

Address supplied

I am surprised that (as far as I have been made aware) none of the senior people involved in the Post Office/Horizon scandal has made use of the standard office procedures of the careful filing of documents that they receive, and of keeping a daybook. One gentleman said that he does not know how to save an electronic document. He was undoubtedly massively overpaid.

It is so disheartening to think that so many people in positions of power were not bothering to engage properly with their duties – and, worse still, do not even appear to feel any shame for their laxity.

Tony Baker

North Yorkshire