Andrew Marr is right (Politics, 18 March) that the UK needs rapidly to get closer to the EU. Rather than equating the Ukrainian bid for sovereignty with the Brexit vote (as the Prime Minister did on 19 March), the country needs to recognise that Brexit’s whole premise has changed and that we need closer ties.
In terms of our security and common interests, the war in Ukraine has woken up the whole of Europe as to why we need to stand together. The Labour Party should seize this moment to raise its head above the parapet, ignite a new pro-European momentum and reassert a strong UK voice in Europe. If we are to survive as an independent continent, then Britain and Europe need to agree on their long game and stick to it together.
Mark Johnson, Lymington, Hampshire
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