Readers react to the war of words between Boris Johnson and his former adviser Dominic Cummings ‘Cummings and Johnson behind bars. We can but hope,’ writes David Davidge. Photograph: AFP/Getty ‘Cummings and Johnson behind bars. We can but hope,’ writes David Davidge. Photograph: AFP/Getty Letters Sun 25 Apr 2021 12.53 EDT Last modified on Sun 25 Apr 2021 13.12 EDT Dominic Cummings has stated in his defensive blog that “It is sad to see the PM and his office fall so far below the standards of competence and integrity the country deserves” (‘Mad and totally unethical’: Dominic Cummings hits out at Boris Johnson, 23 April). Does his statement not presuppose that, in the first place, the prime minister and his office ever got close enough to the “standards” to subsequently be able to fall from them?