Are we lost in a Brexit ‘land of confusion’?

Madam, – I have learned two new words this week.

The one everyone is aware of is “prorogue”, which essentially means “to do something legal and customary but which because it closes down an option for others, they throw their toys out of the pram about it.”

The other is an old Scots word, “whipmegorum”, which means, “a noisy quarrel about politics”.

Let’s be clear about where we are at the moment. Everyone has said and heard all they are going to say and hear about Brexit now.

If you give politicians an additional five weeks to argue about this, they will fill the entire five weeks.

Will they come up with any solutions? No! The evidence we have is that this particular group of politicians are not gong to resolve this issue.

I didn’t vote for Brexit, but the worst case scenario is not leaving the EU or even leaving without a deal.

The worst case scenario is to stay where we are at the moment, in a land of confusion, where no-one knows what is going on, no-one knows what to do, and the longer it goes on, the more angry and disappointed people become.

Boris is not my cup of tea, but he is doing the only thing that a Prime Minister can do in the circumstances, which is to bring things to a head, confront the problems, and trust in his instincts that the issue is too important to both sides for a deal not to be agreed.

A general election is an essential part of the process, so that we can then all see who the general public support and who they do not.

We will then have a clearer direction of travel, and we can put this noisy quarrel behind us and move on.

Victor Clements, Mamie’s Cottage, Aberfeldy.

understandably and rightly after many years of determined but at times gruelling effort, has her own new personal priorities.

There is nothing “inevitable” about what will unfold over the coming weeks and months.

I believe the majority will instead reserve judgement on many of the key issues until events have properly played out. Keith Howell, West Linton, Peeblesshire.