Nobody to rescue UK from mess of Brexit

Sir, – It was Winston Churchill who said he would rather argue against a hundred idiots than have one agree with him.

Such prophetic words, uttered nearly 100 years ago, eerily echo my sentiments relating to the question of Brexit and the irresponsibility of the 650 members of parliament who represent the electorate of the UK presently.

William Gladstone undoubtedly was the greatest Prime Minister of the 19th Century and Churchill enjoyed equal stature and distinction in the 20th Century but who will step up to the plate in the 21st Century?

Sadly, there is simply no one.

Instead of trying to emulate Gladstone or Churchill our present crop run around like headless chickens.

They act like pigs in a trough and yet we, the electorate – albeit somewhat bemused – still put our trust in them to solve the issue of Brexit.

If it wasn’t so critical it could almost be comical.

Brexit has exposed deep (and I regret to say irreconcilable) fissures in our society and we are light years away from the fighting spirit and determination which the great man Churchill so ably identified and harvested within our nation.

We, as the UK, may never recover.

Tragically, we will be remembered for having committed kamikaze on ourselves.

At the same time we have burdened our grand-children and theirs to years of penury and misery.

I rest my case.

Brian Boyes.

12 Den Park, Abernethy.

Picture: PA. None of today’s politicians match up to late Prime Minister Winston Churchill, argues one correspondent.