The political impossibility of being subject to new EU laws after 2019
SIR – Boris Johnson is quite right to seek clarification on the status of new EU regulations after we leave the bloc in 2019 (report, September 24).
We should not be required to implement such regulations. Indeed, there are still anomalies to be resolved such as the EU’S port services regulation, regarded as damaging to British interests and totally inappropriate to the private investment model applying to the UK.
The legislative reach of the EU and the interference of the European Commission and European Court of Justice in our domestic affairs must cease as soon as possible and should certainly not continue for another two years after 2019.
Godshill, Isle of Wight
SIR – Theresa May always said that no deal was preferable to a bad deal. Her latest offer is the bad deal the EU has always wanted. Let’s leave now. Richard and Janet Lee Cirencester, Gloucestershire SIR – Transition is a lovely, friendly sort of word. But vacillate is more appropriate if we cannot make our own trade deals as of March 30 2019.
Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire
SIR – Nigel Farage could not be more wrong in saying we voted to leave the EU, “no ifs, no buts” (telegraph.co.uk, September 22).
The verdict delivered in the 2016 referendum drips ifs and buts. If we want to leave the EU, does that mean we reject paying to keep the single market? We ruled out remaining a member of the EU, but precisely what other arrangements does that exclude?
Britain voted to leave, and we will. However, everything else remains democratically untested and should therefore remain on the table.
Stanningfield, Suffolk
SIR – It is now clear that holding a referendum without a detailed plan for both possible outcomes is unwise. Sad to say, wisdom is not an asset held by modern politicians.
Crediton, Devon
SIR – Mrs May’s speech on Friday recognised the main political issue facing the Right in Britain, which is to stop Jeremy Corbyn.
For Brexit to take place in 2019 would be the worst political outcome for the Conservative Party and would almost certainly lead to a Labour landslide in the 2022 general election. Two years of economic pain following Britain’s exit would cause substantial voter dissatisfaction, playing into Labour’s hands. Deferring the full exit to 2021 means that the economic impact will not have such an effect on the polls.
At last, Mrs May is showing some political understanding of her situation. Hopefully the rest of the Conservative Party will catch up, but past form suggests the opposite.
Bletchingley, Surrey