A no-deal Brexit would be truer to the vote than May’s disastrous plan

SIR – Liam Fox is 100 per cent correct that Parliament cannot now, with any honour, renege on the result of the EU referendum (report, December 30).

However, he is 100 per cent wrong in saying that Brexit will only be certain if the House of Commons backs Theresa May’s deal in this month’s meaningful vote. As Mrs May has failed to achieve a satisfactory compromise with the EU, a full Brexit can only be achieved by our walking away without a deal. Michael Allisstone

Chichester, West Sussex

SIR – Why has Dr Fox, a Leaver, joined Project Fear? Why is he supporting Mrs May’s deal, which will never let us break free from the European Union? Why the threat of no Brexit at all?

Together with over 17 million other Britons, I voted to leave. That means we leave on March 29 – as promised by both main parties. If we don’t, democracy will be proved a sham. H H Haswell-Smith

Edinburgh

SIR – I note that the Government is to tell small businesses how to prepare for a no-deal Brexit (report, January 4).

After the past shambolic two years, do they believe I would listen to them? Chris Thorpe

Marden, Kent

SIR – Since a democratic vote was taken to sever constitutional ties with the EU, I object to Mrs May using public money on dinners, drinks and other publicity to bolster her “deal”.

Surely this is a misuse of public funds when those who won the vote have no way to balance the argument. Vaughan Matthews

Monmouth

SIR – We need the acronym Mandate (Managed No Deal And Timely Exit). The Government certainly has a mandate for it – the referendum, the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 and the invoking of Article 50 (all with substantial majorities).

The Prime Minister has usefully established what the least bad deal

would be. It is not good enough. Let’s get on with Mandate. Nicholas Shrimpton

Oxford

SIR – I voted Remain but accept the referendum result. I strongly approve of Mrs May’s proposed deal and have listened to her reasoned arguments against those who wish to destroy her.

I have been a member of the Conservative Party since 1974 and, unlike some members, I will not be returning my card as long as Mrs May remains Prime Minister. Barbara Scarrot London SW15 SIR – Is it not strange that the petition (134,000 signatures) for mandatory television election debates (report, January 4) is to be debated in Parliament tomorrow, but the petition to leave the EU with no deal ( just under 300,000 signatures) still awaits a date for such a debate? Bruce Nicholls

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire