The will of the people has at last prevailed

AFTER four and a half long years, the will of the British people has finally prevailed, and we have achieved Brexit. I, for one, am delighted, and look forward to a prosperous and successful future for our free, enterprising country.

This is not the time for misplaced nostalgia, or hopes of a return to the tyranny of the EU. It is not a democracy, but a tyranny where the laws and directives are made by unelected commissioners, rubber-stamped by a puppet parliament, and the forced on member states. So much for EU democracy!

The years of delay since 2016 have had a bad effect on our industry and commerce, which needs clear decisions and dates for planning. They were denied these by Mrs May, by the ceaseless and bitter opposition of our Remainders, and by the hostility and animosity of the EU countries.

Boris Johnson’s task was made almost impossible, and every delay imposed further costs and uncertainties, but he won through, and Brexit is done.

The idea that ‘‘much of what we rely on to keep our country running smoothly, to keep it secure, fair, safe, green and prosperous” will now somehow vanish, and leave us in ruin, is irresponsible scare-mongering.

There is no reason whatever to fear rule by our own parliament, civil service and legal system.

Some of the many advantages of leaving the EU are that we can make our own laws, make our own trading arrangements, control our borders, leave the Common Agriculture and Common Fisheries Policies and stop our large annual payments to the EU. We might also get rid of the Human Rights Act, and stop championing illegal immigrants, fraudsters, rapists and murderers.

David Hutton, via email