Boris Johnson’s whistling Brexit

Sir, – Further to Boris Johnson's comments advising the EU to "go whistle" (News, July 12th), the only whistling one can hear is the Tories whistling past the graveyard. There is no upside for Britain in Brexit, and it needs to pull back from the precipice. – Yours, etc,

FRANK KEANE,

Limerick.

Sir, – Boris Johnson reminds me of those hapless furniture-removal chimps in the old PG Tips ads. “Do you know the piano’s on my foot?” “You whistle it, love, and I’ll play it.” – Yours, etc,

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JOHN O’BRIEN,

Dublin 8.