Now is no time for Tory squabbles over Brexit

SIR – Although Ruth Davidson must be congratulated on the Scottish Conservatives’ excellent election result, I find it disturbing that she now appears to be threatening to hold the Government to ransom with demands for a softer Brexit (report, June 11).

She may instruct Scottish Tory MPs to vote against the Government or abstain if her demands are not met – but surely she realises that doing so could open the door for Jeremy Corbyn to enter Downing Street.

At this crucial time for the country and the party, Tory MPs need to set aside their differences and support the Government. The alternative is unthinkable.

Arch-Europhiles calling for a softer Brexit – such as Sir John Major, David Cameron and Lord Heseltine – should be ignored. A soft Brexit means no Brexit at all, which would be a betrayal of the will of the majority of the British people. David Morgan

Shrewsbury

SIR – Janet Daley (Comment, June 11) calls for the Conservative Party to mount an ideological defence of the free market and capitalism.

October sees the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution, and the ensuing disaster for the Russian people. Who better to warn supporters of Jeremy Corbyn’s potentially catastrophic Marxist agenda than a team of Russians?

Visitors to this country in the Eighties from what was then the Soviet Union used to whisper to me: “Don’t let it happen here”. Elizabeth Roberts

Moffat, Dumfriesshire

SIR – I still doubt that Mr Corbyn will be remembered in history as a man who won a general election as Labour leader. I still doubt that he will be remembered as a great leader of the opposition. And I still doubt that he will be remembered as a man who united the Labour movement.

But I am confident that he will be remembered for years as the man who galvanised the young to join a political party and to get out and vote. Keith Scrivener

Sheepstor, Devon