Sir, Max Hastings (Comment, Jul 27) argues that we need “better and brighter MPs, and thus ministers”. “I don’t vote any more, they are all the same,” said a gentleman who was watering his garden. I asked him why he believed that a traditional Tory like May and a socialist firebrand like Corbyn were so similar. He replied that all MPs went to the same schools and universities and had never had proper jobs. If Hastings wants us to have better leaders we need to widen the narrow

Source: The Times July 27, 2021 23:03 UTC