SIR – I am sure most people are baffled by the amount of time our politicians have spent debating a flawed policy (“Rishi Sunak wins Rwanda Bill vote despite Tory rebellion fears”, telegraph.co.uk, December 12).
Does the Prime Minister really believe that the risk alone of deportation to Rwanda will deter a migrant willing to put their life in danger crossing the Channel in a flimsy boat?
Sadly, Mr Sunak is following a false trail and, on leaving office, will be seen in the same light as his immediate predecessors.
Peter Robinson
Guildford, Surrey
SIR – The Tory rifts over the Government’s Rwanda plan, along with the immigration crisis and the self-serving leadership positioning among MPs, will hand the next general election to Sir Keir Starmer.
A massive Labour majority is certain unless cohesion and common sense prevail. I am not holding out much hope for that.
Dr Robert J Leeming
Coventry, Warwickshire
SIR – It is unfair to blame Rishi Sunak for high levels of immigration.
What have the Conservatives been doing for the past 13 years to get a grip on legal immigration? Though the boat traffic is an important issue, this one is even more so.
Wesley Hallam
Batheaston, Somerset
SIR – Like A J C Gorman (Letters, December 12), I have voted Conservative for more than 50 years and now find myself in a quandary as to what to do at the next election.
I have never voted Labour and have no intention of doing so now. There are still people in that party who thought Jeremy Corbyn was a good idea – including the current leader. The Conservative Party has to all intents and purposes disappeared, and, as someone who is by instinct conservative, I am effectively left with nobody to support. In the meantime, those who have stayed with the party bicker among themselves.
I hope somebody in the governing classes realises how strong feelings are in the real world.
Michael Morris
Haverhill, Suffolk
SIR – A “dream ticket” partnership between Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson (report, December 12) will not help the Tories in the long term.
The party is too broad a church; eventually Mr Farage and Mr Johnson would be worn down by the men in grey suits and the Tory Left wing. Rather, they should encourage those on the centre-Right to either start a new party or join Reform UK.
They would be unlikely to win the next election, but could well be in a position of influence come the following one.
John Edmondson
Ferndown, Dorset
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