Jean-Claude Juncker is wrong, Theresa May isn't 'nebulous' – she's worse

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Theresa May objected to being called “nebulous and imprecise” by president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker after setting out her latest Brexit proposals in Brussels today.

Quite right.

The wretched May is no more “nebulous” and “imprecise” than she is “strong and stable”.

Theresa May is incompetent, amateurish and a total waste of space.

Sasha Simic
London N16

The prime minister, as dutiful as she no doubt is, has shown herself to be incapable of both listening and cutting the Gordian of resolving the crisis that the country finds itself in.

The focus has moved from the resolution of this turmoil to her political survival. This is not in the national interest. Therefore, if she really does wish to place the country first, she should resign.

James Keeley
Surrey

If Theresa May can keep her job, we should stay in the EU

Only 37 per cent of Tory MPs voted against Theresa May, so she keeps her job. Only 37 per cent of the electorate voted for Brexit, but the government insists that we must have Brexit anyway.

Where is the logic? Or is this another example of Tory cant and hypocrisy? We the people must rise up against this incompetent clueless government and insist on having our say about this Brexit nonsense.

Sam Boote
Nottingham

How could anyone justify Brexit?

Theresa May and her staunch Brexiteers have erred by portraying the relationship with the EU as two wooden chairs adjacent to each other in Brussels, and that withdrawing one chair will not have any adverse impacts on the other.

It is more than that. It is about an openness to the world, complexity, relational adaptability and the interdependence of daunting challenges that confront us from extremism, radicalism, terrorism to climate change, environmental degradation or destruction, state building, democratisation and peace promotion; none of which can be solved on an individual basis. My question is: in light of these, how could someone explain Britain’s decision to leave the European Union?

Dr Munjed Farid Al Qutob
London NW2

In his letter “What happened, David Cameron?” yesterday, John Murray states that David Cameron is generally considered to be the worst prime minister since Lord North.

He might be so considered – but only for now. Might soon only be the second worst.

David J Williams
Colwyn Bay

Homelessness is clearly increasing – why is it not being addressed?

The very fine article by John Rentoul on rough sleeping prompted me to write in with my memories of the late Seventies, when I started work in central London.

In those days the only people sleeping rough were under the arches around mainline railway stations such as Waterloo. You would not see any in doorways along the Strand, for example, and the idea that there might be any rough sleepers in provincial towns was laughable.

This brings me to large towns in my locality such as Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells. Now I could easily wander around and without effort and count dozens of people on the streets and lately I have seen and heard of some even in small villages. It must also be mentioned that this is not an economically depressed area like some I could mention.

This, then, is my other point: that the official figures we hear from local and national government are woefully wide of the mark. I only need to extrapolate my rough count across the country to convince me of that.

Yes, it is a national disgrace, and will we see the matter being addressed shortly? No, sadly I do not think so. We will see austerity continuing for years and the economic decline due to Brexit will hobble us into the 2030s.

Ashamed to be British as John Rentoul correctly pointed out.

Robert Boston
Kent