Implementation of Brexit is real problem

IN response to Mike Baldwin’s letter (November 19), looking back into history, in 1975, people were asked if they wished to remain in the Common Market, however the subsequent signing of the Maastricht and Lisbon treaties actually ran counter to our constitutional law.

Do people recall that John Major actually bragged at that time that the Queen was now an EU citizen? It was never asked if sovereignty was to be ceded to the EU, and the monarch gave a Coronation oath to the people, not to Parliament. Indeed, neither monarch nor Parliament had the authority to cede powers to a foreign entity without asking the people wether they were content.

As we know, in 2016 they did delegate the decision as to whether to stay in the EU, or leave, to the sovereign people, and 408 constituencies voted to leave the

EU. Those constituencies were never consulted by Ted Heath, who signed the European Communities Act in 1972.

In 2017, 80% of MPs promised to respect the outcome of the referendum, but they have left us walking on eggshells and many have failed to keep this promise. Theresa May bought a deal back from a meeting with Angela Merkel, and Boris Johnson continued to polish it up. This leaves us presently complying with EU regulations and European Court of Justice jurisdictions over Northern Ireland, accepting sovereignty loss, still paying out vast sums of money to them, all resulting in the EU still having a vast hold over us.

It’s not Brexit itself that is the problem. Indeed, if it had been properly done, we would be better off by now. It is clearly the Government and the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement at fault for delaying Brexit and leaving us in a void.

With respect, perhaps Mr Baldwin would like to ask the Government why they quite clearly are not keeping their promises. It is the fact that we are still partly in the EU to this day that has contributed to rising prices and reduced wages.

M Holly Crediton, Devon