Theresa May is steering Britain towards a Brexit that nobody wants
SIR – Enough is enough. Voters are becoming increasingly exasperated by Theresa’s May broken promises and continual retreat during the Brexit negotiations.
We have been repeatedly told that no deal is better than a bad deal. Yet the Government’s present approach risks turning Britain into a vassal state – not a result desired by Remainers or Brexiteers.
Mrs May’s position must change if she is to deliver what people voted for: a truly independent nation.
Malcolm Blunn
Shorwell, Isle of Wight
SIR – The Prime Minister is setting us up for an inconclusive Brexit deal, bringing long-term uncertainty.
Our economy will flag, and investment in Britain will suffer. Jeremy Corbyn will be the only winner. Mike Scott-Hayward
Fife SIR – If Britain is to remain in the single market and customs union (albeit for a “temporary” period) then EU immigration rules will apply, and the usual 80 per cent of all tariffs we collect will go to Brussels.
Why are we paying £40 billion for this? It should only be payable at the end of the temporary period, with all intermediate payments deducted. Michael Field London W6 SIR – I expect it is only a matter of time before I see the headline: “May signs up to Schengen Agreement”. JA Dupont
Clevedon, Somerset
SIR – It is amusing to hear Michel Barnier repeating his claim that Brexit is not of the EU’s making – for that is exactly what it is.
Had the EU agreed to at least some of David Cameron’s reasonable requests, the issue of Brexit would not have arisen. Whichever path is now chosen for our departure, it will adversely affect remaining members more than the small adjustments that Mr Cameron asked for. D rACES tacey Rustington, West Sussex
SIR – I seldom disagree with Christopher Booker, but I take issue with his suggestion that “few could have predicted the position we are in” (The Last Word, October 7).
Since the morning after the EU referendum, it has seemed to me entirely predictable that: first, the EU’s negotiators would prove intransigent, since that is their purpose; secondly, powerful forces would be brought to bear by vested interests and other Remain parties to cripple the Brexit process; thirdly, another vote will sooner or later be foisted on us under various guises but with the sole intent of reversing the first; fourthly, Britain will not ultimately be allowed to leave.
My first and second predictions have plainly come to pass. I hope my third and fourth are proved wrong. Robin Jackson
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire