Rishi Sunak may have to placate his party (Sunak tries to pacify Brexiters but keeps door open to closer EU ties, 21 November), but we the people don’t. We were never asked to vote on a hard Brexit; the consequences were just not explained. Did the Brexiters consider the labour shortages and economic consequences, or the effects on Northern Ireland? It seems unlikely. Even now, when we are suffering from the financial catastrophe caused by Brexit and the financially illiterate extreme-right ideologues, we have not been told exactly what the “great opportunities” of Brexit are and when they will materialise.
What the country needs is a rational dialogue on which measures would work best – a Swiss-style or bespoke agreement – and consideration of the suggestion by the CBI chief, Tony Danker, to relax immigration rules for much-needed labour and skills.
Marisol de Lafuente Duff
London
