Why we didn’t get a decent EU deal

WE have had another request from regular Remainer Giuseppe Bignardi for yet another referendum (Feedback, October 23).

He mentions a recent poll which he maintains a majority of voters since 2017 favour to remain in the EU. He does not specify this poll and likewise I could maintain the opposite of another poll wishing the opposite.

Mr Bignardi also mentions the huge rally in London which he attended which he almost concludes should settle all arguments for the rest of the country forgetting, however, that the London M25 bubble is the epicentre of the Remainer empire.

It would now appear that even though we have not yet implemented the result of the first referendum, the establishment almost arrogantly maintains that we did not know what we were

voting for. The consensus of the Remainers now is that new referendum should be voted on but without a credible leave option.

The choice would be of a confirmatory choice on the deal, ie a deal which is now the second worst deal in history next to Theresa May’s deal, and also a vote on Remaining in the EU, something which was conclusively defeated in the 2016 referendum.

I almost feel that Remainers would be happy if their latest referendum was decided on the toss of a coin with tails Remain win and heads Leave loses.

There have been so been so many remaining politicians past and present acting almost as fifth columnists to undermine the process of negotiating a proper deal with the EU. Do they expect us to be so naive as to think when they were visiting the inner sanctums of Brussels they were just offering their greetings or commenting on the weather?

It was no wonder given these underhand dealings that the EU had no incentive to give us a decent deal. I have felt all

along that the Irish Backstop has been a contrived problem invented by the EU but which by modern technology could have overcome as with the borders of USA /Canada, Norway/Sweden and borders surrounding Switzerland.

Although that has now appeared to have been overcome, the other major issues remain unsolved.

We have still not gained control of our fishing grounds, we would still be under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and we would still be paying £13billion annually for a minimum two years of transition.

Lastly, it should not be forgotten that this is not just a deal it will be a legal EU Treaty.

If, God forbid, it is passed in Parliament then it will be given a name by the EU ie Maestricht, Lisbon etc. I would suggest Dunkirk because as it was back then in 1940 that the UK was fighting for its whole existence; the feeling is the same now.

PETER CURTIS, Ashington