An irresponsible drama

Sir: Britain is faced with a fabricated panic which has prioritised personality over policy. Keir Starmer has been forced out of office largely to provide the media with a piece of theatre, a drama of great irresponsibility in which Act One has been written but nothing sketched out beyond it.

Michael Gove’s brilliant account (‘Butterfly effect’, 20 June) has shown that Britain’s economy has benefited greatly from our detachment from the EU, but points to an area where the misnomer of ‘Exit’ has magnified problems of national identity, which remain and require what amounts to therapy on a grand scale. Yet the orchestration of this political drama has entirely focused on the likely replacement leader, Andy Burnham, who has carefully said very little about how he may hope to revitalise our nation.

Mallory WoberLondon NW3

Sir: I am not sure which farmers Michael Gove relates to in his vision of a bright future for farming. Every farming friend I know is pessimistic about the prospects of profitability of their farms. Highly inflated costs of production and ever more restrictions on production systems are on the expenses side of the ledger. On the sales side: having to compete at world commodity prices, often against products from overseas made using methods that are not allowed in this country. The gene-editing boom seems like a promise of jam tomorrow as its availability is continually being delayed by bureaucratic prevarication.

Stephen FurnivalRomney Marsh, Kent

Sir: As a Remainer, I was surprised to find myself agreeing with just about........

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