There can be no happy ending

Sir, – What a shambles it all is.

Despite the protestations to the contrary, this whole Brexit fiasco is about who runs the Tory party and not about the national interest. David Cameron called the referendum in the first place in an attempt to silence the Tory extreme right and see off the threat of UKIP.

He then retires to his shed to write his memoirs leaving others to pick up the mess. And what a mess. By the Government’s own admission the country – us – will be worse off whatever Brexit is implemented.

It is only a matter of degree.

This on top of Tory austerity policies that have seen child poverty and inequality increase over the last 10 years (we still have more cuts to come).

It seems as though it is us that is paying the cost of this internecine Tory war.

It won’t be the rich Tories and their donors that will pay the price, it will be the ordinary working people of Britain.

The ship is heading for the iceberg and all the Tories can do is fight over who will be at the helm.

We are now faced with the possibility of Boris Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Liam Fox or any other of the discredited bunch becoming the new leader of the Tory party and, because they are in Government, de facto prime minister. What a thought. Oh, and let’s not forget, Scotland voted to remain.

So much for democracy.

Brian Batson.

7 Lour Road, Forfar.

Our own version of Brexit – the severing of rail links with the rest of the country – took place almost 50 years ago and coincided with the closure of the local pits