CHRIS Loder MP may have a point – New Blackmore Vale, May 23 – regarding the absent Sherborne local councillor, though why he thinks it important to raise this matter again is a mystery.

He could, instead, refer to the various Conservative MPs who chose to desert their Parliamentary duties in search of foreign rewards – Matt Hancock for one.

Then, of course, there is Boris Johnson who, since his inept government fell, thinks it fine to miss Parliamentary debates while garnering – hardly earning – huge fees from overseas appearances, mainly in the United States, leaving his constituents with no representative.

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This is the man who expects the British taxpayer to cover his legal costs regarding the Covid-19 inquiry.

Anything to say, Mr Loder?

ROLAND BRITAIN
Gillingham