Conditions are perfect for the Tories to win big in a general election
sir – There has never been a greater opportunity to achieve a stonking Conservative majority.
The Prime Minister has strained every sinew to get Brexit done and is rightly popular because of it. Add to that the people’s desire to rid those green benches of MPS who have done everything in their power to undermine democracy, and the fact that Jeremy Corbyn is unelectable, and conditions are surely conducive to success. David Craggs
Dockenfield, Surrey
sir – Labour only needs to win a general election and it can implement whatever workers’ rights (Business, October 24) and environmental protections it feels appropriate.
It is quite pathetic to see Labour MPS using these to wreck the Brexit deal, thereby acknowledging that the British electorate would never trust them to run the country. Simon Malcolm
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire sir – Many question the wisdom of a winter election, arguing that bad weather and darkness in the mornings and evenings would put off older voters.
Our Prime Minister should ignore such warnings: older voters vote. Brexit is so important that most would get out to do so one way or another, even if it meant braving snow.
We are not millennial snowflakes, who talk a lot but fail to vote in any substantial numbers.
An election in these months would also ensure that the student vote is dispersed in constituencies such as Canterbury, and cannot sway the results against the wishes of the actual residents. Michael Edwards
Haslemere, Surrey
sir – To have a general election that puts the Tories back in power with a good majority will be a waste of time if the same ones are re-elected.
There are far too many Tory MPS who are doing their best to keep us in the EU. We must make sure that whoever we put up for election will do what we request.
Will they tell us what their feelings on the subject are before we vote? Irene Courtenay
Braughing, Hertfordshire
sir – In view of an impending general election, will our highly principled MPS – who demand due process, proper scrutiny and meaningful votes – ensure that it is fought based on the realistic constituencies proposed by the Boundary Commissions in 2018 (at the end of a process begun in 2010), which would reduce the number of constituencies to 600? Brian Smith
Widnes, Cheshire
sir – How wonderful it was to see our elected members, in conclave met, first approving the act of Brexit, then logically seeking to debate the detail. Three years too late. Stuart Ashton
Whitley Bay, Northumberland