‘Like losing a friend’ – readers’ thoughts on triggering article 50 | Letters

‘I am sad at the waste of time, energy and expertise that could better be used to deal with more urgent and serious problems’, writes Jo Harding.29 March is supposed to feel like a momentous occasion, as though the UK has hauled up its anchor and is sailing over the horizon towards the Atlantic, bunting flapping and with those aboard waving cheerily to those left on land in Europe, as they stand at the dockside, teary-eyed and regretful.It feels as though the UK is perched on the edg