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to change its mind on freedom of movement.

Secondly, the issue of immigration was a key issue for voters in the referendum, but it was not the only issue – many voters backed Leave because we wanted the sovereignty of our nation back and to take back control of our own laws and to get out of a cash-grabbing archaic institution, and to suggest immigration was the only issue is just showing the British people how out of touch with the electorate he is.

Thirdly, he created this mess of mass immigration in 2004 when he opened the doors to Europe with no restrictions, putting our health, housing and education services under incredible strain.

Please, Tony Blair, if you love Europe so much then go and live there and stop insulting our intelligence. We voted Leave and there is no going back. GORDON KENNEDY Simpson Square, Perth There has been a convention not to use the so-called Henry VIII clause in bills for many centuries. This is now being used by the government to make EU law UK law.

However, I believe that if you look into this you will find that the clause has been used in social security legislation since 1947 to make welfare benefits regulation part of UK law dozens of times.

In1978,thewidespreadbelief was that UK law was supreme. Eleven years later, by 1989, law students were taught that EU law was supreme.

The proposed bill before Parliament ends that doubt and uncertainty. We need to know what the law has been whilst we’ve been in the EU. I hope the bill is made retrospective, which will end this legal controversy and nail shut forever a massive legal can of worms. The alternative is chaos.

NIGEL F BODDY Fife Road, Darlington