Removing the Prime Minister does not turn a bad Withdrawal Agreement into a good one
sir – A number of MPS have declared that they will vote for Theresa May’s bad deal if she resigns or is dismissed.
How does her resignation change the terms of her very bad deal? Ian Anderson
Bristol
sir – Has Mrs May ever played a team sport in her life? David Hanley
Great Amwell, Hertfordshire sir – The lady’s not for learning. Stephen Lawrence Elgin, Moray
sir – Whatever happens this week, the Prime Minister must do nothing to prevent us from leaving the EU on Friday. I appeal to Mrs May to stand her ground, for once, and honour the referendum result.
Anything else would be a monstrous betrayal, leading to a complete breakdown of trust between politicians and the people. Liberty is only days away for our country, and a new and exciting future beckons.
Richard Drax MP (Con)
London SW1
sir – If the Parliamentary Conservative Party is unable to appoint as a replacement for Mrs May someone who supports the party manifesto, which said we would leave the customs union, the single market, and the jurisdiction of the ECJ, and that no deal is better than a bad deal, then we must have a general election. Mark Baker
Tenterden, Kent
sir – You ask (Leading Article, March 23) when the Prime Minister lost control of Brexit. I strongly believe it was on July 6 2018 at Chequers, when she broke ministerial collective responsibility and also apparently broke the Ministerial Code.
In a pre-planned operation from No10, Mrs May undermined the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972, which the Government had legislated for in the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 (and even Kenneth Clarke voted for). This left us half-in and half-out.
Shattered public trust in her and the Government opened the way for the small number of Conservative reversers and rejoiners to collaborate with the Opposition.
As my European Scrutiny Committee report in March 2018 made clear, it was a capitulation to the EU aided by the manipulation of fervent Remainers in the top echelons of the civil service.
Sir Bill Cash MP (Con)
London SW1 sir – The European Commission plan was obvious from the start – to do its darnedest to make Brexit painful for the UK, so that no other state would venture down the same path.
It has succeeded admirably and gained the advantage of a thorough humiliation of our Prime Minister, our Parliament and our democracy.
Who in their right mind cannot see the further pain of staying in? Our noses will be well and truly rubbed in the mess – with fishing rights the first to be sacrificed.
We should have left decades ago as the EU monster emerged. We mustn’t miss the chance now. Tell them to keep their delay and walk away next Friday. David Conroy
Christchurch, New Zealand
sir – Will the Remainer-in-chief Chancellor also consider another referendum when Italy has gone pop, Germany is in recession, French streets are full of demonstrators, Britain’s defence is controlled by the EU army and we are forced to join the euro under a European tax policy? Mike Metcalfe
Glastonbury, Somerset
sir – I know, let’s have a second referendum then ignore the result! Remainers can’t really complain about that now, can they? Alison Levinson
Hastings, East Sussex
sir – How can the Commons “take control” of Brexit when its members can’t even control themselves? Sally Gibbons
London SW19
sir – Jeremy Corbyn’s “compromise Brexit motion” is no compromise. It restates raw socialism, with Europe as a state-protective trade bloc in which free trade and competition play no part. Lord Spicer
London SW1
sir – A photo in The Sunday Telegraph shows a young lad on his father’s shoulder at the march in London. His T-shirt says “B ****** s to Brexit”. What sort of example is that to the poor boy? David Hewitt
Heacham, Norfolk
sir – The yellowhammer’s song is said to go: “A little bit of bread and no cheese”. As Operation Yellowhammer comes into operation today, are we to infer that we should stockpile brie, but not fret over the baguette supply chain? Peter Wellby
Muddles Green, East Sussex