Johnson is trashing Britain’s reputation as a trustworthy nation

I WOULD urge Mr Phil Jones ‘I would urge Phil Jones’ (Letters, September 17) to try to keep up! The Brexit debate has moved on. Even the most committed Remainer has accepted, however reluctantly, that Brexit is going to happen (though nobody voted for a “no-deal” Brexit, which it seems we may be heading for).

The British public voted for Brexit in the December election, when Boris Johnson told us that the agreement he had negotiated, signed, sealed and delivered, was ‘wonderful’, ‘great’, ‘fantastic,’ and that it was ‘done, dusted and oven-ready’ - a triumph for his personal diplomacy.

Now, just a few months later, he wants to renege on it, even though the head of his own government’s legal department has resigned in protest at this brazen flouting of international law.

Senior members of his own party, including veteran Eurosceptics like Michael Howard, have been fierce in their condemnation.

Johnson (above) is trashing Britain’s reputation as a trustworthy nation, and wrecking trade relations with our closest neighbours.

The hard-won Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to Northern Ireland after 40 years of strife, is threatened by this illegal meddling. In the USA, Democrats and Republicans alike have been horrified by it. We all know how much store Johnson sets on the prospect of a favourable trade agreement with America. How likely is this to happen if he continues on such a reckless path?

Barbara Moore, Marlborough Road, Coventry