The one priority for this election: leaving the EU before the liberal establishment kills Brexit

sir – Many Eurosceptic Conservatives paid £25 to Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party in May so that it could contest the EU parliamentary elections. That was our protest against Theresa May’s hopeless handling of Brexit and her lousy deal.

When Boris Johnson took over as Prime Minister he inherited a very poor hand, which, however, he has played with unexpected skill and determination. He has also shown himself steady under fire.

While Mr Johnson’s deal with the EU is deeply flawed, it is probably the best we can hope for.

Now is the time for common sense and pragmatism. If we don’t leave now, we may never leave, as the liberal establishment will make sure Brexit never happens.

At the same time, continued intransigence by Mr Farage could split the Conservative vote and open the way for the election of Britain’s first Marxist government. No sensible person wants to risk that. Gregory Shenkman

London W8 sir – An oven-ready deal (Boris Johnson, Commentary, November 6) is a raw deal. Barry Tighe

Woodford Green, Essex

sir – In the event that the Brexit Party wins the election, what are its policies and who would the prime minister be? Charles James

Bognor Regis, West Sussex

sir – When members of opposition parties start talking in interviews about enshrining workers’ rights in law under the Brexit deal, perhaps the BBC could remind these interviewees that workers’ rights are set by the governments of countries and not by the EU.

I am getting very fed up and very hoarse shouting at the Today programme. Penny Cole

Watlington, Oxfordshire

sir – Already, at this early stage in the election, I am very disappointed by the quality of coverage provided by the BBC. We are surely entitled to serious analysis of policies and interviewing of politicians from our public-service, taxpayer-funded broadcaster.

Instead it has joined social media in a race to the bottom, with overaggressive questioning and constant interruption.

Listeners are perfectly capable of spotting a fraud or a weak argument themselves if the questions posed are perceptive. Christopher Timbrell

Kington Langley, Wiltshire

sir – Why do politicians insist on using social media, in particular Twitter? They constantly tie themselves in knots, deny what they have posted, or complain that they have been trolled.

Most people don’t use these platforms to inform their political allegiance, and political messages would be far freer from ambiguity if politicians stayed away. Benjamin LC Smith

Hedge End, Hampshire sir – Jeremy Corbyn thinks that Boris Johnson will unleash “Thatcherism on steroids”. Bring it on! Lynette Johnson

Udny, Aberdeenshire

sir – The spectacles worn by Jeremy Corbyn when he spoke in Harlow (report, November 6) were made by the fashion company Boss.

First, how does this sit with his stance on capitalism and profitmaking? Secondly, I cannot for a second imagine that he is ignorant of the fact that Hugo Boss produced uniforms for the SS. Simon Crowley

Kemsing, Kent

sir – Your list of the Labour Party’s 10 Commandments (report, November 6) has missed out the two most important ones. These are to envy the wealth of others, and to be greedy to get their hands on it – two of the Seven Deadly Sins. Melvyn Owen

Huntingdon