I’d vote for Prince Charles if he stood for president

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I also suspect that there are far too many of us who talk to our plants for the activity to be described as ‘eccentric’ (AP)

The High Court may have ruled that the government’s intention to send refugees to Rwanda is not illegal, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not immoral.

There’s no knowing whether Prince Charles was complicit in the leaking of his view on the subject. But his subsequent statement indicates his awareness that he is as helpless as most of the rest of us in our disapproval of the plan (if “plan” isn’t too strong a word).

I also suspect that there are far too many of us who talk to our plants for the activity to be described as “eccentric”, as Sean O’Grady does. So if Prince Charles were to stand for election as president, I might even vote for him.

Susan Alexander

South Gloucestershire

Not the Brexit we voted for

Your various articles on the latest distraction tactics used as part of Operation Save Big Dog, namely the bill to override the Northern Ireland protocol brings up the question of what exactly is “Brexit”?

Is it delivering on the promises made to the British people in 2016 which caused 17 million to vote to leave or is it something that satisfies a small band of right-wing Tory MPs and the editor of The Daily Telegraph? Because these two things are diametrically opposite.

Is it sticking with the “fantastic oven ready deal which would get Brexit done” that was the cornerstone of the Tories winning a majority in 2019? It included the Northern Ireland protocol where voters in the Assembly elections last month supported parties who want to keep the protocol (albeit maybe with some tweaks) against those who wanted it scrapped by 55 per cent to 40 per cent.

The debate might start to make more sense if Brexit ceased to be a catch all term and was defined as either what millions voted for or the completely different beast that Jacob Rees-Mogg and chums desire.

If you boarded a plane expecting it to take you to a sunny resort in Spain and it landed in the frozen tundra of Siberia, you would complain, and “Brexit” is exactly the same. The Brexit destination has to be what was sold in the brochure or it’s not remotely Brexit at all.

John Murray

Bracknell

Global Britain

Ever since the oven ready Brexit deal was signed for, promising endless sunny upland vistas stretching from horizon to horizon, there has been strife amongst our political elite.

Many find the Brexit deal unacceptable, demanding changes to the Northern Ireland protocol. They cite opposition to the deal in Northern Ireland, conveniently glossing over that it is the DUP alone that objects.

If there is indeed such an urgent need to break an international agreement, signed for and hailed as a tremendous success by those responsible, why does the UK not have the courage to simply walk away and adopt world trade standards?

This would give us total freedom within the framework of the standard, it would completely divorce us from the whole of this pesky, irresponsible and uncooperative Europe and who knows, those sunny uplands may turn out to be even sunnier!

Who cares what the rest of the world thinks? After all, we are Global Britain and respected throughout the world!

Gunter Straub

London

Confidence vote

If we can override international agreements with such ease, surely the Tory party can override their rule which prevents the prime minister from being ousted for a year after a vote of no confidence?

Inger du Pré

Marlow

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Silencing critics

It’s frightening how this government seems to try to silence everyone who disagrees with them. Neuter the Supreme Court, stifle the BBC, sell Channel 4, put the Electoral Commission under government control and now change the law, and shout about it, to stop unions.

They use soundbites to please the masses even though most of them are rubbish. We seem to be moving closer to a Viktor Orban government by the day.

Most frightening of all is that most of the voting population seem to believe it and will vote the Tories in once again.

Jim Alexander

Maidenhead