Only now do you admit the true cost of leaving

■ Fred from Hampshire admits that, yes, Brexit might make us poorer for a while (MetroTalk, Tue). Thank you for confirming we were lied to.

Tom, Bristol

■ People keep talking about the short-term damage of Brexit followed by the glorious benefit of being free. But what will we have lost during that short term? Do you think the NHS will survive? So-called sovereignty, at what cost?

Charlie, London

■ Jim (MetroTalk, Tue) says Remainers confused economics with sovereignty and democracy. I voted Remain and would do so again in the interests of global security and the UK’s influence in world politics.

I was in Iraq in 2014 when Daesh began and Russia annexed Crimea. The mindset of ‘independence’ is an illusion. We live in an interdependent world. The politics of separation leads only to conflict, as we are seeing around us now. John, Watford

■ Regarding BF Knight’s comments (MetroTalk, Tue). Nobody voted for ‘no deal’. It did not exist as a concept prior to the referendum – it has no mandate, which is why parliament will not allow it.

You want a no-deal Brexit? Start campaigning for a people’s vote with no-deal as an option versus Remain.

Andrew Knight, Kingston upon Thames

■ Many voted for Brexit on the basis of Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Liam Fox et al promising that a deal would be easy. Each voter’s view of Brexit is the problem here. Stephen, Retford