Nothing else in Parliament matters other than getting Britain out of the European Union

SIR – Michael Deacon is always worth reading, but his comment (June 22) that the Queen’s Speech contained nothing of substance is pure nonsense.

Yes, I would have loved legislation on grammar schools and fox hunting as a former Lake District MP, but these are mere fripperies in comparison to Brexit. I had always assumed that this Queen’s Speech would be dominated by the great Repeal Bill and half a dozen related measures.

Nothing else matters other than getting out of the European Union and implementing the result of the referendum. The fact that we seem to be doing other legislation as well is a bonus, but make no mistake, the Brexit legislation will take up every minute of the 21 months we have to get it through.

The Remoaners will fight it every inch of the way, especially in the Lords. It will affect the whole future of our country, which creation of a dozen grammar schools or getting rid of the iniquitous hunting ban would not. Lord Blencathra

London SW1

SIR – Collectively, politicians are wasting Britain’s time with their continuing chaos over Brexit. The public have had their say on the subject and are waiting for it to happen.

This constant fragmented infighting will only lead to the very outcome that nobody really wants – “no deal”.

There is a majority of politicians who do not understand negotiation. Do not start a negotiation by declaring that you are definitely going to do a deal in any event – that is the route to a bad deal.

For goodness’ sake, unite among yourselves and get talking to negotiate a good deal that will lead to global prosperity for Britain. Tony Farrar

Selston, Nottinghamshire

SIR – One year ago, a large group called Economists for Remain took a full-page advertisement in your paper informing us of what would happen if the country voted to leave the EU. Their warnings included “a recession causing job losses” and a fall in investment in the UK.

One year on from voting to leave (although the Brexit negotiations have only just begun), the predictions given by the economists have very obviously not come about.

Unemployment has not risen and foreign investment in the UK is reported to be the highest for a number of years.

I wonder if these professors of economics remain quite so forthright in their views when teaching their students. Russell Walker

Crickhowell, Breconshire

SIR – If the Salisbury-addison Convention dictates that “peers do not vote against a law proposed by a winning party in its manifesto”, where is the problem? Are Labour and Lib Dems saying that the Conservatives did not win the election, even though, with the most MPS and the largest number of votes, they certainly did?

It should also be noted that in the previous coalition government, when the peers tried to block government bills they failed three times.

The Lords need to have their wings clipped. Patricia Bateson

Bressingham, Norfolk

SIR – I wonder what mandate Liberal Democrat peers consider they have for derailing Brexit legislation, following the underwhelming support for their policies in the recent general election. Steve Siddall

Holt, Wiltshire

SIR – To bring my Filipino wife to live with me in Britain, I would have to be earning a minimum of £18,600 a year.

So I was very sad to read that, as a “sweetener deal”, the Government is considering letting EU nationals after Brexit bring non-eu spouses to Britain. Christopher Johnson

Radcliffe-on-trent, Nottinghamshire

SIR – The Rev His Honour Peter Morrell (Letters, June 21) says: “We should have stayed in the EU and reformed it.”

Does he not remember that before we joined the Common Market some changes were sought and we were told: “You cannot change the rules if you are not a member”?

After joining, we sought similar changes, and were told: “Once you are a member you must accept the rules.” David Edwards

White Roding, Essex

SIR – I used to enjoy watching BBC news at 6pm or 10pm. Now, however, I cannot bear to watch, because of the dreaded Laura Kuenssberg.

I cannot understand why she, as an obviously intelligent political reporter, has to be so rude and nasty in her interviews.

Is she like this with everyone she meets, or just with politicians, or just with Tory politicians, or just with prime ministers, or just with Theresa May? Raymond Winstanley

Sheffield, South Yorkshire