YP Letters: Anger over Brexit as Britain swaps nostalgia for reason

A pro-EU rally in London before the election was called over Brexit.

AS a young postgrad political science student studying and working in other parts of Europe for the last few years, I am livid at the whole Brexit situation.

I am further incensed by Remain supporters capitulating to such vandalism. Should we expect when/if Labour loses in June for them to switch to the Conservatives or be silenced permanently?

I have yet to hear an argument that withstands academic scrutiny, it’s all too easy to blurt out nonsense about the Union being anti-democratic and corrupt ad nauseam, but these arguments quickly fail with the introduction of facts.

I am of the opinion our foreign policy must be conducted on the grounds of reason, fact and evidence and not some warm nostalgic glow. We should not be looking to the past with rose-tinted glasses, longing for a past that has long disappeared.

The Empire is gone, the Second World War is finished (although you might struggle to believe it reading some commentators) and it is time to move on. The arrogance around the idea ‘Europe needs us more than we need them’ is staggering and shows a deluded mentality.

Furthermore I believe that the principles of democracy are under threat when those most affected by the vote, UK citizens living in Europe and EU citizens in the UK, are excluded.

I will keep fighting for a liberal, tolerant and modern United Kingdom and her place in Europe. Short of remaining, whatever happens in the next few years will leave us economically, politically and socially poorer. Why would we want to give up the right to work, study, live and love in this wonderful continent of ours?

From: Godfrey Bloom, Former Ukip MEP, Main Street, Wressle, Selby.

I READ David Davis’s article with interest (The Yorkshire Post, May 20). I’m really looking for a candidate who stands on a ticket supporting small businesses not one who wants yet more stifling regulations. I am not responsible for my employees’ family, I sympathise with their problems and help when I can, but please don’t burden me. Small business people have enough problems.

From: Stanley M Hardy, North Close, Leeds.

I AM intrigued by the assertion of Mrs S Galloway that the UK is the eighth largest net contributor to EU funding (The Yorkshire Post, May 20) since this claim is not supported by figures from Brussels.