Philip Hammond opines that Boris Johnson will have “no way” of controlling events in a no-deal Brexit and his premiership will be at the mercy of France (News, last week). A number of remainers have stated they will do all in their power to stop Brexit. Surely they owe it to the 17.4m majority to make clear how they would react if a similar majority had voted to remain in the EU and yet Brexiteers were still trying to leave. Doug Clark, Currie, MidlothianTunnel visionHammond would have us believe control of the French ports by Emmanuel Macron could delay traffic with dramatic consequences. This is not the attitude of those running these ports, who have stated they are ready “deal or no…

Source: The Times July 20, 2019 23:06 UTC