If Brexit is for the long term, it will unfortunately outlive all of us

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A lookalike of Boris Johnson, who recently called for a 'full British Brexit' (Reuters)

Leaving the EU may well be a good idea in the long term, but in the long term we will all be dead, and meanwhile massive damage is being done to our economy. This government has no right to plough on with a decision based on an ill-informed referendum result. Please think again, Theresa May, before it is too late.

Jim Bowman
South Harrow

If Brexit was a burger…

Boris Johnson has talked about a “full British Brexit”. The way things are going it will be more like a dodgy undercooked Brexit burger which leaves us feeling weak and sick for decades.

Chris Key
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If Brexit was a historical battle...

Your article, “Boris Johnson calls for ‘full British Brexit’ two years after the referendum as Liam Fox insists government is not bluffing on ‘no deal’” shows that Boris Johnson and Liam Fox are reckless gamblers.

Boris prides himself on his grasp of history, yet Brexit is shaping up to be Britain’s worst self-inflicted injury since the Charge of the Light Brigade.

In the face of warnings from industry, most recently Airbus and BMW, Boris remains deliberately vague on the details or consequences of his proposals. Perhaps, like Captain Nolan, who gave a vague wave of his arm to indicate which the guns the Light Brigade were to capture, Boris just wants to get on with it, whatever the cost.

When the cavalry headed into the valley of death, a British legend was born. Following Brexit, there will be no legend, just economic harm, recriminations, excuses and propaganda about a “stab in the back”. Those responsible for this self-inflicted disaster will never admit the reality – that the entire Brexit project gives the EU most of the guns and virtually all of the ammunition.

After leading the charge, Lord Cardigan, commander of the decimated Light Brigade, retired to his yacht to have a jolly nice champagne dinner. No doubt the sort of reaction that Johnson and his wealthy pals will have once their version of Brexit impoverishes the country. Perhaps, if honesty ever strikes home, their first toast should be: “to our full blundering Brexit”.

John Young
Edinburgh

If Brexit was a financial product…

Caitlin Morrison did well to summarise the effect of Brexit on sterling, the stock market, skills and economic growth in one column given that it would take at least a whole edition of The Independent to cover all its faults.

If Brexit was a product, it would have been recalled long ago. Indeed, it would never have been marketed in the first place.

Roger Hinds
Surrey

So let’s stop Brexit now, basically

The Referendum Act 2015 did not contain any requirement for the UK government to implement the results of the 2016 EU referendum.

This act was pre-legislative and consultative, and it only enabled the electorate to give an opinion to help the government in its policy decisions on the EU.

Can we please stop talking about the “will of the people”, and remember that the last time the sovereignty of parliament was challenged it resulted in a civil war.

Brian Boughton
Redhill

The NHS could have had it worse

Theresa May reminded MPs on Wednesday that the Tories have been in power for 43 of the 70 years since the NHS was born. That goes some way to explain the state it is in. Just how much worse would it have been if they had been in power for all 70.

G Forward
Stirling