This act of self harm is craven stupidity

While D R Cooper is focusing on the finer points of the Northern Ireland protocol, there’s proof aplenty that this Government recognises that its raison d’etre, getting Brexit done, is both an impossibility and an act of craven stupidity.

The Prince of Pomposity, otherwise known as the minister for Brexit opportunities (an oxymoron if ever there was one), a long time loather of the EU and splendid deceiver, has yet again delayed border checks on goods imported from the EU.

To impose them, said Mr Mogg, would be ‘an act of self harm’.

What a stunning admission from the Commons lounge lizard that taking back control would be adverse to the best interests of the UK.

This fork-tongued fop declares that ‘free trade is hugely advantageous to consumers’ and then joins the other Tory racketeers in removing the UK from the largest and most successful free trade bloc in the world, the EU.

While D R Cooper fulminates about the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, people up and down the country are fretting about paying their energy bills, feeding themselves and their families and finding food banks.

It should be remembered, of course, that Vladimir Putin was a big supporter of Brexit, and whilst his wicked actions in Ukraine have had consequences for the UK economy, as indeed did the government response to COVID, economists have said that the hit to Britain’s financial wellbeing from Brexit is far greater than that of the near two-year lockdown.

As things go from bad to worse, surely even the most committed Leavers must be realising they did the wrong thing.

JAMES AIDAN Sutton Road

Cookham