Parliament’s shameless betrayal of voters over Brexit will not be forgiven or forgotten
SIR – The British people watch helplessly as, daily, a majority of their representatives and the Speaker set out to overturn the result of the 2016 referendum, which they had been promised would be binding.
It is truly an amazing and incomprehensible spectacle, which has permanently damaged the nation’s trust in democracy and left a political void. Who will believe any party’s promises in the future? Pauline Coleman
Painswick, Gloucestershire
SIR – After watching, with increasing horror, the goings-on in the House of Commons these past few weeks, I fear that the country is entering a postdemocratic era. Stuart Robertson London W14 SIR – At every step, our Prime Minister has turned gold to base metal.
Excellent opening policy speeches such as the one at Mansion House were followed by her disastrous Chequers deal. A golden working majority was trashed by a disastrous election campaign. Loyal Conservative MPs striving for the promised Brexit have been termed “extremists”.
Only once has any gold been conferred – unfortunately, in the form of a shining veneer of statesmanship on to the Marxist Jeremy Corbyn.
Enough is enough. John Taylor
Burntwood, Staffordshire
SIR – The way ahead is clear. Theresa May must be replaced by a Brexiteer, we must leave the EU on World Trade Organisation terms and the new prime minister must then negotiate a new relationship with the EU alongside a trade deal. Nothing should be paid until this is concluded.
Why isn’t there a Tory MP with the courage to take on Mrs May, our most incompetent prime minister ever? John Sims
St Peter Port, Guernsey March 31) writes that the next Conservative Party leader must be someone who voted for Brexit.
I say it must be someone who did not vote for Mrs May’s wretched “deal” – which would rule him out, as well as Boris Johnson. Jeremy M J Havard
Chichester, West Sussex
SIR – As a member of the Conservative Party who shares the disappointment and anger of others, I urge fellow members and voters to take a deep breath, stick with the party and vote.
There are several compelling reasons to do so. First, as someone who saw close-up the cynical, devious and destructive characters who brought our country to the edge of anarchy in the Seventies, I can identify the same types – and some of the same names – supporting Mr Corbyn.
Secondly, once the Brexit debacle has worked itself out, someone has to deliver the vision and policies people want so much. Labour cannot do that.
Thirdly, members can seek to influence the selection of a new leader with the qualities required to unite the party and the country. Patrick Staines
Evesham, Worcestershire
SIR – As a candidate standing in the forthcoming local elections (on a Conservative ticket), I have no intention of trying to sell Mrs May’s deal on the doorstep.
If we can possibly row back on the histrionics for a moment, local elections are all about local issues: public services, health and social care, affordable housing; ensuring that bins are emptied, potholes repaired, libraries and leisure centres kept open, school places made available – the list goes on.
The antics of Westminster will impinge to a certain degree, and of course Brexit is important in the longer term, but I shall none the less try to steer conversations towards other issues. Neil Bunyan
Flitwick, Bedfordshire