To tackle Omicron, we need serious leadership | Letters

Readers are unconvinced that the government's plan B measures will be enough to curb Covid cases and deaths

Well said, Rachel Clarke (Talk of a No 10 Christmas party is an insult to the thousands who have died of Covid, 8 December). Her wholly justifiable anger, based on her frontline experience of caring for her patients, encapsulates, I suspect, the fury and frustrations of many.

Once he has completed his investigations into partygate", the cabinet secretary might usefully place a copy of Ms Clarke's article alongside the agenda for future cabinet meetings, if only to remind participants that government is a serious business with serious consequences, ideally conducted by serious professionals rather than the current bunch of self-serving, irresponsible amateurs.
Phil Murray
Linlithgow, West Lothian