Letter: Time to reassess the Brexit situation before jumping in

It was a case of two players thrashing at thin air. I was reminded of that telly when watching the all present Brexit debates. It was that same tension in the neck, the grinding of teeth and clenching of fists. The feeling of apprehension as one waits for the "Ah but the people have voted" line. That same thrashing at thin air feeling.

The old telly had horizontal and vertical hold knobs conveniently located in a position that required back-busting contortion. Then just when all was clear and you had sat down it all went wobbly. So next was the aerial position problem. Usually solved by standing on the fridge or out in the garden with the thing.

Right now Brexit is all jabber and static. No form, no comprehension, no sense, and that's just the politicians.

For goodness sake we need a reset button on the whole business. Take a step back and have an election with a clearly stated agenda. I am tired of hearing we "cannot say anything about our negotiating position yet". There is no negotiating position, and never will be. We can only address issues after triggering Article 50 and that will consist of "Thank you Mrs Merkel, that's nice of you Mrs Merkel, goodbye Mrs Merkel and where shall we leave what's left of our economy".

It's like buying a house but with the condition that the seller tells you the price after you have signed the contract. We might even get a bargain price of 60 billion Euros/pounds. (Well one will equal the other soon).

So how many hospitals will that shut and what will happen to retiring government employees' pensions. The elephant in the room is public sector pensions because they are unfunded which means what goes out is what comes in during the same period.

Political alternatives? Well I hear that Labour are talking about employing that Greek guy who we all laughed at a while back. (Yannis Kebabopolis or similar).

Mrs May lies in bed awake at night. It could be worse the place could be on fire. Oh hang on, the economy is on fire. Well that's a relief.

I wanted to chuck that old telly off a very high building. There is a saying when you jump off a tall building it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom.

For goodness sake before we jump off into the Brexit void let's take a step back and have a rethink and even an election so we know now where people stand. I take it that the British public is allowed to change its mind. In the circumstances, 57 per cent of people in Shropshire voted to leave in the referendum. They cannot live Oswestry way because I cannot find one now. There has been a change of opinion Mrs May. Let's deal with that.

Robin Lloyd, Ellesmere

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