It’s the hell of a mess of the EU that Brexiteers had voted to escape
sir – Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, has been wondering “what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan to carry it out safely”.
More than 17.4million people obviously think it looks preferable to the place they’ve been stuck for the last 45 years. Alan Rogers
Epsom, Surrey
sir – I suspect a much hotter place in hell’s reserved for unelected dictators. Peter Hall
Marden, Kent
sir – Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament Brexit negotiator, is quoted as saying that even Lucifer would not welcome Brexiteers because “after what they did to Britain, they would even manage to divide hell”.
As a former prime minister of Belgium, Mr Verhofstadt should know all about divided countries. In 2010 and 2011 Belgium went for 589 days without an elected government because the Flemings and the Walloons could not reach agreement. Ian Prideaux
London SW4
sir – If Mr Tusk would like to know what hell would be like in Europe, he just needs to reflect on how it was the last time the Germans ran it. Jam Mccaig
Auchterarder, Perthshire
sir – Donald Tusk should know that “hell hath no fury like 17.4million Brexit voters scorned”.
Their response to betrayal would be unforgiving. Dr Alan Latham
Seaford, East Sussex sir – I suspect that the great majority of fishermen respect and have an affinity with their quarry. I would bet that Donald Tusk, should he take up rod and line, would not be one of their number.
On losing a hooked fish, my guess is that he would curse the creature angrily – embittered by the fact that it had regained its freedom and its life. Peter Urquhart
Warminster, Wiltshire sir – Thank you, Mr Tusk, for voicing what many are thinking. Brexiteers – what was your plan? In fact, what is it? Simon Gresham
Holt, Norfolk
sir – Grown-ups should ignore sneaky little comments made in their absence. Myles Walker
Penrith, Cumbria