Simon Warde News Today

SIR – Following the Blackpool South by-election result, the usual Conservative suspects came on air to warn us that voting for Reform may let in Labour, and that its voters should hence continue to support the Government, despite its track record. I always want to ask these people if they would run a business this way. If they had hired someone who presented well at interview, but who, once installed, proved dishonest, incompetent, lazy, spendthrift and unwilling to carry out any of the a...

SIR – Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee, would like the choice of leader to be removed from party members and entrusted to MPs (Letters, May 1).

SIR – It looks like immigration is the new Brexit. We have a Government unable – or, more likely, unwilling – to do what the majority wants. Time for an election, Mr Sunak. Simon Warde Bognor Regis, West Sussex

Plus: Sunak emulating Blair; Natural England in a muddle; who pays for water company failure; a united Ireland; and a plucky apple tree

Plus: Coronation protestors in Trafalgar Square; controlling cannabis use; failure to deal with dangerous potholes; and thieving cats

SIR – Allister Heath is right to identify the NHS as a major problem for the Government (“The NHS is slowly suffocating British conservatism – and Sunak knows it”, Comment, October 26).

SIR – The Chancellor’s mini-Budget was long overdue and came after a gradual and sustained increase in the tax burden to the highest level since the Second World War, with economic growth dropping as a result.

SIR – I find it hard to believe that the fall in sterling is purely the result of the Chancellor’s mini-Budget last Friday.

SIR – Liz Truss and her Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, have delivered a mini-Budget that could destroy the Conservative Party.

SIR – Although it may be theoretical at present, I would be interested to know what an insurance premium for a cyclist might be under the system proposed (Tim Franey, Letters, June 27).