I think it is time Mrs May got a bit of steel in her back bone and stood up to Barnier and his Irish puppet who, as far as I can see, are the only ones who want a hard border.

The Irish president should cast his mind back a few years and remember how the EU treated the Irish people — vote and vote again till they voted the EU way. Nothing democratic about that.

Mrs May should not give another inch. She has given way enough. She should put the Lords under notice to quit, and then sort out her rebel MPs.

Let democracy rule.

Iain Camick

Westhoughton