The public should never have been allowed to vote on Brexit

All this talk about disenfranchising elderly people is predicated on one simple fact: we allowed a weak prime minister to unleash unscrupulous politicians to dupe the naive and unknowing into voting against their own best interests. David Smith Taunton Starmer’s Brexit strategy is a huge loss for young people I wasn’t expecting Keir Starmer to start the process of sorting Brexit straight after the election, for fear of “frightening the horses”. David Felton Crewe The EU could leave us in the lurch The prime minister’s belief that Britain will not rejoin the EU “during his lifetime” could be one of those “be careful what you wish for” moments if it inadvertently suppresses optimism in the country’s future, our role in the world and ultimately our potential for economic growth. We currently have strategic leverage in Europe, evidenced by our steadfast support for Ukraine, and may have a window of opportunity and goodwill – one that could quickly disappear, In that scenario, the prospect of the EU keeping us, like Turkey, in the lurch as our accession is indefinitely delayed or the bar to join repeatedly raised higher becomes a distinct possibility. Alastair Redman Isle of Islay We need to restrict private lending Growth is the percentage increase in the total value of goods and services in one year compared with the previous one.