Indecent behaviour in a civilised society

Boris Johnson. ‘His behaviour, along with that of much of the Tory party, is deeply offensive,’ says Austen Lynch. Photograph: ReutersEmma Brockes (Opinion, 31 October) considers Boris Johnson’s behaviour “indecent in a way that calls for indecency in response”. This will not do. His behaviour, along with that of much of the Tory party, is indeed deeply offensive – beyond the point of indecency. Yet indecency is not a decent response to indecency. And Labour,