YOUR FURY AT OUR HOPELESS MPs
Fed up with their endless dithering and pomposity, letters have poured into the Mail – each more withering than the last...
NOW they have got their failed vote of no-confidence in the Prime Minister off their chest, MPs will once again turn their attention to Brexit. And the message from Mail readers is clear: stop squabbling and get on with it. Our representatives in the House of Commons, with their pompous self-regarding speeches and shameless backstabbing, appear to have forgotten who they represent. And they’ve left many Mail readers fuming — as this selection of letters shows...
I BACKED Remain in June 2016, but can only think of one thing after the vote against the Prime Minister’s deal in the House of Commons: Betrayal. Whatever you think of Theresa May’s deal, the so-called elite seem incapable of agreeing on any course forward. At the next General Election, voters will remember which MPs did not honour the commitment from 2016 and will vote them out. DAVID RIMMER, Hertford Heath, Herts.
IF MPs screw up Brexit, the people will never forgive them. Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg think they can get a better deal than Theresa May, but they are living in cloud cuckoo land. W. J. JONES, Dudley, W. Mids.
I HOPE the two- faced, backstabbing, traitorous turncoats are happy. In one move they have destroyed the credibility of the Conservative Party. Who will trust a party who won’t support their leader, Government and country? GEORGE FINDLAY,
Alsager, Cheshire.
THIS Parliament is a disgrace. Never before have so many done so little to represent those who elected them. Speaker John Bercow has done everything in his power to disrupt things, along with self- serving MPs who can agree on nothing and are deliberately setting out to disrupt the Brexit process. I have lost faith in our democracy. DEE, Shropshire.
AS A D-Day veteran, I just can’t believe what is happening to our country. We are governed by incompetent politicians and have an Opposition that seems intent on bringing Britain to its knees. Their handling of Britain exiting Europe has been an absolute disgrace and they should be ashamed. MPs are attacking and insulting each other like never before. What must the rest of the world think of us?
LESLIE BUDDING.
MY HUSBAND and I are in despair over the machinations of politicians over Brexit. MPs are supposed to be elected to reflect the will of the people. But it seems that once they take up office, they think it is their God-given right to vote how they like.
Britain is toothless, rudderless and floundering, even though Mrs May has done her tireless best to facilitate us leaving the EU.
JEAN TONKS, South Normanton, Derbys.
THE true meaning of a politician: A person who acts in a manipulative and devious way, typically to gain advancement within an organisation in order to serve their own ends.
GERALD, Lancashire.
NOT one politician puts the country first. They all put themselves first, their party second and the country last. It’s the opposite to what it should be. Our country is being destroyed by idiots.
STAN, Walton, Liverpool.
THE blown-up, pompous individuals that are our MPs are beyond a joke. The EU must be laughing their socks off because negotiating with these morons must be a doddle. I’ve never in all my 76 years joined a demonstration, but if they stop Brexit, I will — and I won’t bother voting ever again. IAN VERDON, Watford, Herts.
AS A former solder, I would have rather shared a trench with Theresa May than Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister would die for her country, while Boris would have the country die for him.
IAN DUCKWORTH, Rochdale.
THE vote against Theresa May’s Withdrawal Bill was a kick in the teeth for voters who thought there were grown-ups in the House of Commons. Instead we find we have a bunch of self-absorbed adolescents squabbling over their personal obsessions with no thought for anyone else.
In the end we will end up with a deal not unlike the Prime Minister’s. MPs are too dim to realise it is the best we can get. ROGER FOWNES, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
THE Parliamentary chaos is of our own making. For too long we have endured the adolescent shenanigans of MPs and tolerated their braying. We, a great nation, should be ashamed and embarrassed by this unmitigated shambles. It’s time to get very angry. DOUG JENNINGS, Mickleton, Glos.
THE Prime Minister is an honourable woman battling against dishonourable and traitorous cowards. They should hang their heads in shame. JACK McKENZIE, Deal, Kent.
BECAUSE of the defeat of Mrs May’s Brexit deal, the possibility of an early General Election is looming large.
May I suggest that none of the current 650 MPs be allowed to stand? Between them they have failed most dishonourably to carry out the wishes of the
electorate and shown the utmost contempt for the people who put them in power. PETER NUGENT, Bootle, Merseyside.
THE Palace of Westminster seems to be trying to commit hara-kiri with this country and its pro-Brexit electorate. I await the future with trepidation. PETER ASHCROFT, Huntingdon, Cambs.
THERESA MAY is the best Prime Minister this country has seen since Winston Churchill. Fact! SCOTT, Aberdeen.
THE public is fed up with MPs and angry that the will of the people is being disrespected. MEL PINNOCK, Glemsford, Suffolk.
POLITICIANS need to grow up and carry out the job they were elected to do. If they had done so earlier, we would be in a stronger position to deal with the EU. JUNE ROLLINS, Ringwood, Hants.
WHATEVER faults Theresa May might have, she has stuck to her guns, which says a lot about her
passion — especially compared to the gutless David Cameron, who has disappeared off the face of the earth. Since the referendum, MPs of all parties have done nothing than subject the public to a whole lot of claptrap without any ideas about a suitable alternative. PAUL Mackintosh, darlington, Co. durham.
LIKE everyone else, I am sick to death of this whole business and I am resigned to us never leaving the wretched EU.
The title of former London mayor Ken Livingstone’s early autobiography is: If voting Changed Anything They’d Abolish It. Sounds about right!
John Mcsparran.
A PEOPLE’S vote? yes, let’s vote to get rid of all the MPs with their overblown egos who think they know better than the voting public. They need to stop point-scoring against each other and deliver the Brexit we voted for.
Jill Mcgarry, nantwich, Cheshire.
AT NO time since the War have we needed such a staunch, steadfast determination of purpose in our representatives. And how lacking that now is. J. m. Leighton, manchester.
We BOTH hold our heads in complete despair at the arrogance, deceit and ineptitude of most of our political class.
Let’s hope their betrayal comes back to haunt them. Alan And Laura Davis,
Brentwood, essex.
THIS Brexit saga is just like watching your dirty laundry wash at the launderette. Spin, spin, spin. Brexit has obscured all other British political life to the detriment of the population.
Harry Simcox, rhondda Cynon Taf.
PARLIAMENT just doesn’t get it. I can’t see MPs and peers working together to deliver the will of the people, as their own selfish interests always take precedence.
Jane, Lancashire.
HOW anyone in this country has the gall to criticise Theresa May beats me. The shenanigans of MPs and their continual obstructions are shameful. Whether we leave the EU with or without a deal, Theresa May has been one of the very few who has unfailingly acted with integrity. She is truly an honourable person and should hold her head high. June evison, northwich, Cheshire.
IT IS so sad to see our ancient and decent democratic way of governing the country being hijacked by people on all sides of the political spectrum who are only interested in the sound of their own voices and career advancement.
Parliament has lost any residue of respect that the public had for it. Susan Fella, enfield, north London.
I HAVE observed the developing Brexit fiasco with a mounting disdain for those we elected to fulfil the democratic mandate they were given. What is the point in people like me voting if our representatives then follow their own agenda? Kevin moore, doncaster, s. yorks.
NOW we know how our elected Parliamentarians feel about the people they represent and the democracy they are charged with protecting. John Bevins, Feltham, middlesex.
THERE is public disillusionment with the entire political process. MPs are colluding and creating deliberate pitfalls to halt the delivery of what the people voted for. Diane SILVA, Lytham st Annes, Lancs.
INSTEAD of wasting time and money on a referendum, we should have just asked the Speaker what he wanted. Terry Coates, Birmingham. POLITICIANS must have been eating too many sweets — because they are toothless. Graham Marsh, stockport.