REGARDING Alan Jordan’s comments on the Brexit negotiations (HAS, June 16), there seems to be some confusion in his mind as to what a referendum is.

In truth, it is the most accurate and honest form of democracy relying on one man one vote to facilitate and outcome.

The fact that there is a minority of people in the country who did not like the outcome of the vote and considered it to be a lack of good sense, and that we should all have a rethink and another vote in an attempt to persuade the electorate to “see sense” is a sad reflection on how little the word democracy means to some people.

In reply to how much our economy needs the EU, if he were to look at the figures, he would see that in fact the EU needs our market more than we need theirs.

Does he really think that the German and French car manufacturers and all the rest of the continental companies who trade with us want to see tariffs imposed on both sides of the Channel? I don’t think so.

With regards to Bill Fisher’s comments (HAS, June 16), with which I totally agree, the House of Lords is an unelected body and should not have a say in overturning Government policy.

With regards MPs voting against the electorate’s decision to satisfy their own constituency vote, this was never a constituency by constituency vote as in an election.

Brian Sutherland, Sedgefield