Don’t blame firms, Michael Gove, for your Brexit mess – Yorkshire Post Letters

From: Richard Wilson, Chair, Leeds for Europe, Riverside Way, Leeds
By YP Letters
Published 28th Sep 2020, 16:43 BST
As Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove is in charge of Brexit negotiations.As Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove is in charge of Brexit negotiations.
As Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove is in charge of Brexit negotiations.

EX-VOTE Leave campaigner Michael Gove is adding British employers to the who-to-blame list if our European Union exit is as chaotic as feared (The Yorkshire Post, September 24).

Only a quarter are “fully ready” for transition ending in December, Mr Gove says. Should we not then be asking questions of the man whose Cabinet responsibilities include no-deal preparations?

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Worryingly, Mr Gove is tipped as a Boris Johnson successor. Like Mr Johnson, he is a former journalist – which recent evidence suggests is not an indicator of potential prime ministerial competence. If Mr Gove is our next Prime Minister, he should note something Mr Johnson has not – not everyone is fooled when you blame others for your mistakes.

Boris Johnson during a visit to Northamptonshire Police as Chanclelor Rishi Sunak issued an emergency economic statement.Boris Johnson during a visit to Northamptonshire Police as Chanclelor Rishi Sunak issued an emergency economic statement.
Boris Johnson during a visit to Northamptonshire Police as Chanclelor Rishi Sunak issued an emergency economic statement.

From: Dr AR Galbraith, Elloughton, Brough.

YOUR article on a report from the think-tank UK in a Changing Europe lead me to read their publications closely (The Yorkshire Post, September 23). Sadly, they are yet another organisation which ignores the elephant in the room – the enormous balance of trade deficit we have with the EU, which is around £100bn annually in goods.

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