Respect the EU, Mrs May, and it might respect you

When joining a club you are expected to treat its rules, and the structures that make it work, with respect. The same is true when you leave. Dr John Hurley (Letters, 22 September) is unfair therefore to accuse EU officials of inflexibility: they are simply acting to preserve the organisation’s integrity. By insisting on her own “red lines” without acknowledging that the EU has red lines too, Theresa May has been far from showing the respect she claims.
Tim Shelton-Jones
Brighton

• Respect! Respect? This is the woman who elevated Boris Johnson to foreign secretary and David Davis to Brexit secretary. And she expects respect?
A Ian Hale
Barbon, Cumbria

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