Readers discuss the Covid inquiry, Mahmood’s suggested policy to take migrants’ jewellery and the lack of diversity of Labour leaders (Picture: Ilyas Tayfun Salci/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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How will we know 'if any other government would have done any better' in Covid, questions reader
At last we have the results of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (Metro, Fri).
Apparently, 23,000 lives may have been saved were it not for the chaos at the heart of the government.
‘Too little too late’ was the conclusion.
How, though, will we ever know if any other government would have done any better? We have always been aware that the then-prime minister Boris Johnson would take the rap for his entire government’s failure.
What is important is how we will deal with the next pandemic, whenever it comes along. Who will be in government and how well will they cope being in possession of all this information and knowledge? Molly Neville, Sheffield
The reader says Covid shortcomings were the ‘entire government’s failure’ (Picture: Richard Pohle – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Given Covid enquiry findings, reader says Johnson ‘should be called to account by an appropriate legal process’
The first UK coronavirus cases were identified in York on January 29, 2020, yet prime minister Boris Johnson refused to take heed of fatal outcomes that had been seen in Asia, or align emergency measures with the European continent at large, which began implementing social distancing in February.
The first UK lockdown occurred on March 23, 2020, yet people were, for example, still crammed in on the London Underground, cheek by jowl, just a week prior.
If a split-second decision taken by a reckless motorist causes the death or injury of a third party, they face punishment – and that will include prison in some cases.
Considering the findings of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry confirm that Johnson’s conduct resulted in mass loss of innocent lives, over weeks of avoidable chaos in disregard of obvious facts and good judgement, I expect he should be called to account in due course by an appropriate legal process. Robert Hughes, London
Reader says ‘Rayner should be looking for employment elsewhere’
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Whether they get rid of Sir Keir Starmer or not, Angela Rayner should never be in the running to return to the front benches or be next Labour leader (Metro, Mon).
She had to resign from the cabinet over the tax affairs on a property she bought in Hove. Her political career should be over. In any normal job, would you let someone who had to resign over a scandal come back and take over as your boss? Of course not.
Politicians have the most important jobs in the country. Why do they get let off the hook? Rayner should be looking for employment elsewhere. Sharon, Manchester
Labour is ‘only major party’ to have ever had only white male leaders, says reader
This reader says the Labour party needs a new leader, but it ‘cannot be a white man'(Picture: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images)
Labour is traditionally the major party most closely associated with equality and progress.
It is also the only major party that has only ever had white men as leaders.
At their most recent leadership election in 2020, every single candidate who stood was either a woman or non-white or both – except one white man, Sir Keir Starmer.
He clearly thought a lack of diversity at the top of the party wasn’t important. And the rest of the party clearly agreed.
Now they’re seemingly thinking of getting rid of him and two names have come up as potentials to replace him – Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting.
Two more white men.
Surely Labour Party members can see the problem here?
Diverse leadership is successful leadership and it inspires the whole country to be fairer and more inclusive, which is better for everyone.
This is backed up by research. Yes, the Labour Party desperately needs a new leader. But, for the sake of our society, and for the sake of ending decades of rank hypocrisy, that new leader cannot be a white man. JWA Caley, St Pancras
Reader says Mahmood’s plan to seize migrants’ jewellery is ‘exactly what the Nazis did to their victims’
I am appalled that people are condoning home secretary Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize jewellery from asylum seekers to pay for their accommodation bills.
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This is exactly what the Nazis did to their victims. It makes me ashamed to be British. Of course, I doubt very much you will print this. Sally Anne Smith, London
This reader says she is ‘appalled’ by support for Mahmood’s suggested policy (Picture: Ben Whitley/PA Wire)
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