WHAT a total disgrace our current mob of Parliamentarians are.

The majority of us just want to get on with our lives, in or out of the EU.

The major issue of uncontrolled immigration is already solved. Having achieved this, Theresa May is now just the scapegoat for a Parliament that is ungovernable on the issue of Brexit.

Conservatives are split down the middle, Labour are split down the middle, SNP are pro EU, Lib Dems are pro EU, DUP are against any hard border in Ireland and hold the whip hand by propping up a minority Government and I have no idea where Plaid Cymru stand.

There isn’t a politician on this planet or from history who could manage this debacle. All credit to Mrs May for trying so hard and shame on the rest of them who are putting their personal agenda before the best interests of the country.

They deserve the Corbyn government we will most likely get. The rest of us don’t.

We are heading for a ‘no deal’ Brexit falling back on WTO rules which will not be good for business or jobs.

New trade deals will take years to negotiate and ordinary people will suffer great hardship. Jacob Rees Mogg knows this, which is why he has defended a City firm he helped found which has

established an investment fund in Dublin to continue trading within the EU.

The only way out is another referendum based on true facts and not Brexit lies. Sadly we are not going to get one because the Brexiteers know they will lose.

Tony Taylor,

Grassholme,

Woodthorpe, York

Brexit result should be null and void

NOW that Vote Leave has been fined £61,000 and that the matter is in the hands of the police, surely the result should be declared null and void, particularly in view of the small majority in favour of leaving.

If there is no action then it is equivalent to a person being convicted of burglary and being allowed to keep the stolen goods or money.

Tim Short,

Chestnut Grove,

Acomb, York

Let’s punch above our weight in the EU

SPOT on, Mary Kendall (Letters, July 14).

Yes, I was being ironic (This is the way to take back control, Letters, July 12). As EU members we already have all the powers I mentioned. We even have a trade deal with the US - which doesn’t oblige us to accept chlorinated chicken or to privatise the NHS.

As one of the biggest and most successful EU nations we hold the balance of power between France and Germany.

We can be much stronger on the world stage as a leading member of the EU, the world’s largest trading block, than trying to go it alone.

We’re a relatively small nation accounting for only three per cent of world trade (the EU, 48 per cent).

Let’s stay in the EU and continue to punch above our weight.

Anthony Day,

Lastingham Terrace, York