OVER recent weeks we have heard a great deal from the right wing of the Conservative Party.

We have seen some pretty bizarre comments along the way: Jacob-Rees Mogg described himself as some form of Captain Mainwaring from the 1970s TV series, Dad’s Army; Dominic Raab expressed surprise about the volume of business that crosses the channel between Dover and Calais; David Davis said Britain should leave the E.U. with no deal then negotiate new trading agreements during a “transition period”; Nadine Dorries MP complained that the current Brexit deal will leave the UK “without any members of the European Parliament”.

It seems astonishing that some of these people have been elected to parliament let alone have been actively involved in the Conservative cabinet and all the more astonishing that some of them have held senior positions in Brexit talks.

Despite all the grand talk from the Tory hard-line Brexiteers, any talk of a Brexit coup appears to have backfired. Only twenty or so Conservative MPs appear to have called on Theresa May to step aside while public opinion on Brexit remains as divided as ever.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of Britain leaving the European Union we have to respect the decision that people made, but we are certain to face a period of political and economic uncertainty. However unpopular Theresa May might be as prime minister, the fact is that most people like the idea of Jacob Rees-Mogg or Boris Johnson as Prime Minister even less.

Rachel Bailey, via email