Why can’t we get honesty from our politicians?

THE EDITOR, Madam:

A package of salmon from a major supermarket contained the warning that this “contains fish”, which I had hoped it would. Why can’t we get this extreme honesty, or basically any honesty, from our politicians? Australia is currently in the pre-election stage where everything is promised by every candidate. The promises made before the recent American election are in most cases unfulfilled except for the destructive tariffs recently imposed.

Honesty in elections is as real as my unicorn farm.

DENNIS FITZGERALD

Melbourne, Australia