YOUR editorial (Echo, Dec 18) once again refers to a no-deal Brexit as disastrous, however a clean Brexit would actually be carried out using World Trade Organisation rules.

Could you please explain to your bemused readers why it will be disastrous for us when the rest of the world is able to trade with the EU under WTO rules without any apparent problems?

It seems obvious that the no-deal shock horror stories now circulating are just more Remainer lies for the purpose of forcing a second referendum.

T Teasdale, Eaglescliffe