Can’t we just Leave?

WhEN i voted Leave, i thought that Article 50 would be invoked on the day after the referendum.

i then expected that businesses and financial services would have two years to establish a presence in the EU or look for new markets elsewhere in the world.

in my naivety, i imagined that on March 29 we would no longer be part of the Customs Union nor the single Market and would say goodbye to the European Court of Justice.

i didn’t consider we would need such a thing as a Withdrawal Agreement or have to pay a £39 billion divorce bill. i thought we would just leave.

And on March 30, Germany would be more than keen to sell us their cars while France would still have more wine and cheese than it knew what to do with.

We would then be dictating the terms of business.

R. L. aTKinS, Tamworth, Staffs. CONTRARY to what some people believe (Letters), voters do not own their MP, body and soul.

Politicians have to strike a balance between what their party wants, what their constituency wants (including those who did not vote for them) and what they want as individuals.

Right now, the needs of the UK outrank the needs of party, constituency and the MP. it’s called national interest, and that is where the problems seem to lie.

We can leave the EU with No Deal and that would meet the referendum result. it will cause some short to medium-term problems, but nothing worth having, such as our national freedom, is ever won without difficulty.

sadly, it seems we do not have politicians with sufficient guts and determination to see us through.

R. HaVEnHanD, nantwich, Cheshire.