YP Letters: York MP behaved with honour in a no-win situation over Brexit vote

Rachael Maskell resigned as Shadow Environment Secretary over Brexit. Was she right to do so?

RACHAEL Maskell, who resigned from the Labour front bench to oppose Article 50, was in a no-win situation (The Yorkshire Post, February 6).

If she had voted to trigger Article 50 she would have been going against the majority of her York constituents: by opposing it she has incurred the wrath of those who say she should abide by the result of the referendum.

Contrary to the views of her critics, the best MPs did not enter politics to be delegates for their constituents nor to endorse the will of the electorate as a whole.

Their first duty is to do what they sincerely believe is in the best interests of the country. In electing them, their constituents have put their faith in their MP’s judgement on political issues. I believe she acted honourably.

From: Hilary Andrews, Nursery Lane, Leeds.

SO the other EU leaders have shunned Theresa May’s offer to be a link to Donald Trump. This babyish behaviour will only reinforce the decision that we are better off out of their nursery.

Also do you think if the media stopped wittering on about the Brexit issue, Mrs May and her Government could get on with securing the best deal for the UK out of the European Union? I do.

From: Dave Croucher, Pinfold Gardens, Doncaster.

WHY do all those people standing about with placards think they should have a say in the running of another country? Theresa May was right when she said US policy on refugees was a matter for the US.

From: ME Wright, Harrogate.

IN his masterly response (The Yorkshire Post, February 6), Brian Sheridan uses the term ‘Little Englander’.

“The will of the people” has unleashed antediluvian and vicious rhetoric on both sides of the Atlantic.

Could I suggest that we adopt the term ‘Tyrannosaurus Brexit’?

From: Coun Tim Mickleburgh (Lab), Grimsby.

IT seems that some Remainers still don’t realise what the British public decided to do. I read the other day a journalist arguing that the 48 per cent shouldn’t give up the fight for EU membership so easily. After all, when it comes to issues such as capital punishment, politicians happily ignore the wishes of the people.

But that’s a false argument. In my lifetime, we’ve only ever had a public referendum on the EU and on the Alternative Vote.