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I had high hopes for Mr Grieve as AG in 2010 and I'm afraid I've been a little disappointed. I never expected the top solicitor in the country to be pro-EU servitude, in breach of our constitution and Her Majesty's Coronation Oath.

Mr Grieve explains perfectly with his own complaints of corruption (including perception of corruption) threatening the rule of British law, pressure from immigrants to drop prosecutions, lack of access to British justice, the Windrush scandal and the problem of retained EU law, why we need to exit the EU and get our own house in order for the benefit of ourselves, our betrayed Windrush siblings and all who have come to settle in Britain.

We don't need to redraft or change British civil rights (in many cases superior to EU rights, including right to trial by jury and habeus corpus, for example) or our 'miraculous' (Sabine Weyand, EU Commisioner - thank you!) unwritten constitution - can Mr Grieve be unaware of it? Maybe he could read some of our historic constitutional documents, such as Magna Carta 1215 and Bill of Rights 1688 on his sleepless nights?

We might choose to add via replication some of the ECHR provisions in accordance with English common law, but ultimately we just need to be ourselves and get on with it, gung ho though that may seem to our former AG. We can't always see into the future nor can we have complete certainty, much as we might like to. Take any litigated case to trial and this much is obvious. We must have faith, courage and respect for the rule of British law.

I respect Mr Grieve's decision to depart from Government and hope and trust that the government, the legal profession and the country as a whole will restore his faith in Britain and our constitution by making Brexit the success it was always going to be for these isles and for the world.