THERE is a Corporal Jones Dad’s Army quality to the agitation of leave voters and politicians.

Dark tales of conspiracies, nonsensical claims the EU is forcing us to stay, desperate suggestions that UK voters voting again is anti-democratic.

Liam Fox finds time to claim that the UK Parliament insisting on taking charge of Brexit is undemocratic.

If neither Parliament nor the voters can shape Brexit then who exactly is ‘taking back control’? And shouldn’t Fox focus on delivering the new trade deals he promised? Just one would be nice.

Brexit was based on promises that cannot be delivered. Referendums cannot make the impossible possible no matter how many people vote. If a referendum delivered a thumping majority in favour of driving around in cars made of victoria sponge cake such cars could still never be built.

There’s no Brexit where the UK is safer, healthier, greener, happier, better off or more ‘in control’.

The back-of-a-fag packet economics of Liam Fox, the nasty anti-immigrant rants of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, the farcical ‘anti-establishment’ posturing of Eton boy Rees-Mogg were never going to deliver tangible benefits to Britain. MPs now get it. That is why Parliament is deadlocked.

Christian Vassie,

Blake Court,

Wheldrake, York

Reality check for our younger voters

A message to our millennium snowflake voters: at the next election go ahead and vote Labour.

Elect Corbyn, McDonnell and McCluskey into power.By the time you are 40 you will have no freedom of speech, no money, extreme unemployment, rampant inflation, and no future.

Why? Because you were conned into thinking the state can provide everything without any commitment.

When reality kicks in you will find no trees left on which money can grow.

Peter Rickaby,

West Park, Selby