Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, With Reform’s victory in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, a process that threatens to result in autocracy has begun. When it is clear that the promises haven’t materialised, blame is applied to everyone other than the populist. We are seeing this in an accelerated form in the United States and will shortly be seeing it in the UK. It starts with one voter wishing for a painless means to achieve the unachievable, instead of accepting that difficult decisions are painful. Voters who supported Reform
