Theresa May has proved herself incapable of honouring the Brexit vote

SIR – The Conservatives failed the country by choosing a Remainer to lead the Brexit negotiations. Theresa May has exacerbated the situation by choosing a Remainer to be Chancellor.

Britain has been weak and behaved as a supplicant in the ridiculous negotiations. Negotiators on both sides seem to have set out to deny the wishes of the majority who voted for Brexit.

It is time for the Tories to assert themselves and change leader once more in order to meet the democratic wish of the people and leave that most undemocratic body, the EU.

Camborne, Cornwall

SIR – By next March, the Conservatives will have wasted almost three years pretending – or failing – to deliver a real Brexit. The negotiations will have been pointless unless Britain leaves the customs union, and the European Court of Justice loses its jurisdiction.

The following three years or so, if this Government lasts that long, will probably be characterised by successive tax rises to bribe voters thinking of switching to Labour. But it won’t work: it will simply stifle the economy when we need it to be functioning properly.

Who, then, will vote Conservative?

St Helens, Merseyside

SIR – Whether you voted Leave or Remain, you cannot fail to be impressed by the united, resolute and logical negotiating position of the EU’s team, in comparison with the shambles on our side.

Am I alone in despairing at the prospect of handing back control to the incompetents in our Parliament? SIR – I welcome Dominic Raab’s optimism about Brexit (Comment, October 21) but feel bound to side with Janet Daley’s bleak view (Comment, October 21). My suspicions grow that Britain’s EU departure will ultimately be thwarted, one way or another.

How, then, might law-abiding citizens who voted in good faith to no longer to be governed from Brussels – and found themselves in the majority – be expected to respond? Shrug, accept that their votes were worthless, and move on? Or what?

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

SIR – I have not been cheerful about Brexit for some time.

However, Mr Raab’s article was full of real knowledge, explaining what has been done so far (a considerable amount) and what is still needed. He tells us to hold our nerve. He is right.

South Petherton, Somerset

SIR – Telling everyone to hold their nerve through the later stages of Brexit is the same as telling a drowning man that everything will be fine if he holds his breath.

Torquay, Devon