Anthony Reeve (Review, October 4) accuses Opposition MPs of being confused over Brexit, but it seems that it is Mr Reeve himself who is confused.

He complains that they have voted against ‘no deal’ and against a deal.

As far as the main opposition party, Labour, is concerned, this is entirely consistent with its 2017 manifesto commitment to ‘reject “no deal” as a viable option’ and to retain ‘the benefits of the single market and the customs union.’

Since a deal which comes close to these terms has not been negotiated, Labour clearly has every right to reject the government’s position.

It should be remembered that when, in March, there was a deal on the table which was acceptable to the Conservative Prime Minister and Cabinet of the time, it was the likes of Rees-Mogg and the Tory ‘ultras’ who rejected the chance to ‘get Brexit done’.

Mr Reeve is incorrect to say the majority of people voted to leave without a deal.

Throughout the campaign all sorts of deals were being offered, such as Norway, Norway plus, and Canada plus plus, and we were told that it would be ‘the easiest thing in the world’ to negotiate a deal.

He is also incorrect in saying that the EU is responsible for job losses at companies such as Carillion, Woolworths and Thomas Cook, as demonstrated by the fact that the German government was able, within EU rules, to protect the German section of Thomas Cook.

These companies collapsed, not due to the EU, but due to a mixture of bad management, failure to adapt to changing times, and the British government’s attachment to free market dogma.

Incidentally, the fact that Thomas Cook customers already on holiday are being brought home free of charge is due to the EU’s ‘package directive’. – Peter Strong, Caldicot.