LETTER: We need best Brexit deal possible

That is why we joined the Common Market in the first place, to improve our trading relationship with Europe and the rest of the world.

Since then the original concept has been shattered. We, and other members, are told what to do, when to do it and how. This is not what we signed up for. The present EU is not what we voted for.

Politicians of all parties have accepted changes without going to the people, and that is why we are in this mess at the present time.

One can only hope that we continue to negotiate and get the best deal possible for our exit no matter how long it takes and respect the decision of the 17 million plus people who voted out and restore democracy.

A P Cox

Heath Close,

Holgate, York

Parliament no longer represents people

Peter Dawson’s letter (Chaos of Brexit is all down to Cameron, Letters, The Press, April 6) illustrates a total lack of objectivity and understanding of Brexit.

The background and options in the 2016 referendum were clearly outlined in the Government leaflet (I still have the online version) and the countless TV programmes and radio broadcasts which preceded it. I have yet to meet anyone who says they didn’t know what they were voting for, despite intense political remainer propaganda trying to claim the contrary.

I voted to leave for reasons of new global trading opportunities with 180-plus countries and preservation of the UK legal system, and because I believe the EU as a concept is no longer politically or economically fit for purpose.

Others voted to leave for a variety of valid reasons but all appreciated that short-term difficulties will be experienced before the undoubted long-term benefits are realised.

We have the current log-jam because Parliament no longer represents the people.

By stating he knows best about the post-Brexit effect, and dismissing the legitimate views of over half the UK voting population, Mr Dawson provides further proof, if any were needed, that it will take the remain lobby a very long time to come to terms with losing the referendum.

Andy Hutchings,

Knaresborough

It’s time for a new PM at Number 10

OUR Prime Minister is obviously very quick on the uptake. Three years after the referendum she informs the nation: “I think people voted to leave the EU”.

The sooner a removal van is seen in Downing Street the better, for every day she remains in office can only be to Brussels’ advantage, not Britain’s.

Peter Rickaby,

West Park, Selby

Commons is full of obnoxious emissions

I SEE that obnoxious emissions are now being being heavily charged for in central London.

How many MPs will be bankrupted by their utterances in Parliament?

Geoff Robb,

Hunters Close,

Dunnington, York

How can we move forward on Brexit?

IN the land of national subversion in which all people now exist, every right thinking person should at least challenge the agendas of the political class in the Houses of Parliament.

Imagine you could buy a new game in the retail outlets: a board game based on the outdated workings of the English establishment. You might believe this to be crazy.

Consider, for example, the current breakfast topic: Brexit, a mechanical title for a mechanism to trigger a country’s exit from the European Union. It is meant to fractionalise a mixed nation, whether you wish to leave or stay in Europe.

I conclude that to move forward, Westminster needs to turn into a museum of bad practice and a new 21st century building and parliament should be constructed.

In addition we need to dissolve the quirky pointless rituals which also reside in our land of museums and start to progress to a time when iniquity will be but a topic in a history book, along with the moths in the pockets of modern robber barons and the machinations of the dysfunctional false elite who stop the word society meaning what it should for those who reside in our collective streets and converted former high rise office blocks that are holding suites for those families without a home.

Ian Wilson,

White Street, Selby