Trump spoke the truth in saying Mrs May is not delivering the Brexit that people voted for

SIR – In response to President Donald Trump’s comments, Theresa May says of her Brexit strategy: “We have come to an agreement that absolutely delivers what people voted for.”

I have yet to meet anyone who voted to leave the EU that believes the detail in the White Paper is anything remotely like what they voted for.

It seems the Government is following the Eu-established policy: if the result of a referendum is “wrong”, ignore the result. Alistair Mackay

Dunoon, Argyll

SIR – The “common rule book” in the White Paper is the EU rule book controlled by the European Court of Justice. This is not Brexit. Philip Bonsall

Stockport

SIR – This “common rule book” – who writes the rules? It wouldn’t be the European Commission by any chance, would it?

Captain Graham Sullivan RN (retd) Gislingham, Suffolk

SIR – Mr Trump is right. If all our goods are manufactured to EU rules, they are EU goods. Every other market will see the same picture. Mike Scott-hayward

Kemback Bridge, Fife SIR – I am grateful for Mr Trump’s advice. They do things differently in his country. In 1776, his predecessors declared independence, and then went through with it. Robin Gardiner

Melksham, Wiltshire

SIR – If Theresa May wants to know what will happen to her party if she persists with her Chequers plan and betrays Brexit, she need only look at what became of the Liberal Democrats after they broke their promise not to raise student fees: electoral suicide. Professor Alan Sked

London School of Economics London WC2

SIR – I have scanned the 104 online pages of the White Paper. It is heavy with proposals for regulation and treaty to maintain the status quo, and it chains us in perpetuity to the EU without any influence.

There are no safeguards to honour the referendum result, whatever the headline assertions. In particular, the migration proposals lack detail and are ripe for exploitation by the EU.

I watch with renewed interest the developments within the Conservative Party. I have now rejoined through the excellent online facility. Richard Manchester

Sanderstead, Surrey SIR – The truly remarkable aspects of the White Paper are the ignorance of interpretation of the law of treaties – and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 – and their relationship to the remit of the European Court of Justice.

Then there is the use of the disingenuous term “common rule book” to avoid the correct term “EU rule book”, and the as yet proposed – but non-agreed – changes to World Trade Organisation rules necessary for the inane facilitated customs arrangement.

Above even all this, however, is the Machiavellian suggestion that ECJ judgments (always binding as a fundamental principle of EU jurisprudence) somehow fall to be resolved by the referral parties. This can occur only after the binding ECJ judgment is given. The United Kingdom has no sovereignty here. David Rabey

Yapton, West Sussex

SIR – In the referendum, I voted to remain in Europe and I regret its result. However, I am a democrat and believe that the result should be respected.

Objectively, I am convinced that the compromise reached at Chequers last Friday does not do so. It betrays my fellow Britons’ wish, namely to be out of the European Union and regain total sovereignty in all our affairs.

Throughout history, these islands have successfully confronted and tamed powerful vested interests that have been committed to maintaining a state of affairs advantageous to them but ultimately inimical to progress and, hence, detrimental to the people.

In the 16th century, it was the Catholic Church; in the 19th century, aristocratic landowners; in the 20th century, the trade unions. Today, it is big business, epitomised by Airbus, motor manufacturers and the CBI.

Business must be the servant of the people, not their master. It must accommodate the people’s democratically expressed wishes and adapt, as it has in the past and is more than capable of doing in the future.

The Chequers compromise merely prolongs the people’s rightful struggle to recover control over their destiny. Rev His Honour Peter Morrell Nassington, Northamptonshire

SIR – It is suggested that Oliver Robbins has captured the PM and produced a White Paper that appears to have upset most of the nation.

At least he is assured of a place in the next honours list. Alan France

Marlow, Buckinghamshire