May’s bad deal

I FULLY understand that compromise is required to achieve any negotiated deal between the UK and the EU regarding Brexit.

But Mrs May hasn’t achieved a good deal and this is proved by the words of Michel Barnier who when asked if there would be a problem in getting the EU nations to agree to the deal he answered ‘No!’

As far as he was concerned if it was agreed in the UK it was a done deal. Plainly if this wasn’t a good deal for the EU he wouldn’t have said what he did.

So why is that? Because Mrs May seems to have agreed to the EU having a veto over the UK being able to exit the proposed backstop arrangement regarding the customs union.

In other words the EU would hold a veto in the UK’s full exit from the EU.

Have all the politicians actually realised this?

Ian Thompson, Spennymoor

May must go

REGARDING Stephen Warren’s letter (HAS, Nov 16). Does he not realise that David Davis resigned due to the fact that Mrs May would not let him continue to negotiate because it was not going her way?

When Dominic Raab took over as Brexit Secretary he made it clear we would leave without being tied to the EU and also said we should not pay the divorce bill. When Mrs May heard this she stopped him negotiating and said that she alone would do it.

I personally think that Mrs May is still a staunch remainer. The long length of the negotiations was done so we would end up having to make a quick decision and an agreement that would keep us to tied to the EU.

It is time for the sake of the country she quits and let someone who wants to see us run our own country and stand up to the EU take over before she waves the white flag and surrenders to the EU.

Let’s make Britain great again.

John Armstrong, Newton Aycliffe

May’s betrayal

THERESA MAY has lost control of her government and has betrayed the millions who voted Brexit.

Her ministers have been lining up to resign, in order to distance themselves from the disgraceful withdrawal agreement. Most MPs are opposed to it.

Under the draft deal, the UK would become a vassal state of the selfish and uncompromising EU.

We would continue to be subjected to the diktats of the European Court of Justice and, because of the iniquitous backstop, Northern Ireland would be treated differently from the rest of the UK.

The UK would remain a member of the customs union and the EU would always be in a position to veto our withdrawal. In effect, the UK would be rendered powerless in the EU straitjacket.

Is this sell-out worth £49bn?

When her second Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab, resigned, rightly believing the deal to be a betrayal of public trust, Theresa May too should have done the honourable thing, making way for someone who really believes in Brexit.

David Davis, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg. Take your pick!

Steve Kay, Redcar & Cleveland councillor

Awkward EU

I HAVE to say to Bill Bartle (HAS, Nov 14) that the UK may be split but it is only because some of the remainers, in their wisdom, have not accepted the result of the referendum, thus making it easier for the EU to play a little awkward.

Those in favour of leaving do not want to drive a wedge between the EU and the UK, we just voted to leave their club but we still want to be neighbourly to them.

Perhaps Bill should look at the attitude of the EU to us leaving them. I say the same to your other correspondent, Giuseppe Enrico Bignardi, in the same edition.

He obviously hasn’t taken on board what I said in reply to a previous letter of his. In his latest letter Giuseppe tells us that in opinion polls people being interviewed are wanting a second referendum.

I wonder if he is referring to the recent Channel 4 poll when 20,000 people were interviewed. Apparently according to that poll Sunderland now elected to remain but in coming to that conclusion only 200 people, yes 200, had been polled.

I suppose if leave win again there will have to be a third referendum.

Mike Taylor, Darlington

Brexit sickness

I’M LIKE many others sick of hearing of the haggling over Brexit. A vote was taken over two years ago and a decision was made. You don’t get a second chance with a general election. I voted to remain, but accepted the vote to leave.

If the cases of both sides were put over correctly, instead of putting self-interest first, then there wouldn’t be this mess. Some of these MPs can’t decide if they want sugar in their tea. If they don’t like it then get out, and keep their noses out. We should have left within two months and not two years.

John Brant, Darlington