Letters: Baroness Mone’s dishonesty is a lesson in why people mistrust politicians

SIR – Baroness Mone (Letters, December 17) should be stripped of her peerage. She may not have broken the law by lying about her involvement with a PPE contract, but she breached at least two of the Seven Principles of Public Life, published by the Committee on Standards in Public Life: honesty and openness. Too many politicians and holders of high office fail to tell the truth until they are found out. If politicians want to be held in high regard by the public, it is time to take action. The p