SIR – In response to a question about Lee Anderson’s defection from the Conservatives to Reform UK, James Cleverly, the Home Secretary, came out with the old cliché – that a vote for Reform is a vote for Labour. Do these people who are supposedly running the country not realise that it is because of their incompetence that Reform even exists? The Tories failed to keep their 2019 manifesto pledges. When Rishi Sunak became the unelected Prime Minister, these were followed by yet more empty promise
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Speaking to the Spectator, Simon Jenkins today criticised the involvement of left-wing politics in organisations such as the National Trust - which he chaired for six years between 2008 and 2014.
Chairman Tim Parker left 24 hours after members launched a bid to depose him
The charity faces mounting criticism for the woke direction it has been taking
Now, Restore Trust say director-general Hilary McGrady really needs to go next
The campaign group hope to bring back the heritage body s apolitical ethos
Say National Trust has 3 senior management figures with highly woke agenda
Tim Parker resigned as National Trust chairman amid a bid to depose him
Former volunteer Tony Adler pointed finger at director-general Hilary McGrady
More than 50 members said they had no confidence in his leadership
Last September the Trust published 115-page report which blacklisted 93 estates over links to slavery
Mr Adler claimed he was forced out after pointing out report s inaccuracies
Leading historian Simon Heffer said Ms McGrady is responsible for turning Trust into left-wing front organisation
Said he was delighted Mr Parker has resigned but said he is not the main culprit