YP Letters: Nation divided by uncompromising attitudes to Brexit

I HONESTLY have no idea whether Brexit is a good idea or not: only time will tell. What I do know is that the referendum has set Briton against Briton as never before in my lifetime. Don Wood sneers at the EU with such language as “we British cannot negotiate with these people” and “these people are just not worth bothering with” (The Yorkshire Post, April 20). Though it smacks of prejudice he is entitled to his opinion.

The allegation that the EU is like the Mafia, however, is offensive. We are not talking about the regimes of North Korea and Syria here. The EU bureaucrats have not been accused of murdering their own relatives or chemical warfare. Nigel Farage, who first made the shocking comparison, has been happy to serve alongside these “self-appointed, self-serving nonentities” for some years.

As for the “far greater market” which comprises “160 countries in the world who are not in the EU”, how many of them are of comparable stature to the great European nations we have snubbed?

From: Jim Sokol, St Johns Way, Hempton, Norfolk.

FOR those contemplating voting for the Liberal Democrats because of their ‘soft Brexit’ policy, there are a number of important issues you ought to consider.

Do you want the continuation of the uncontrolled EU immigration we now have? Do you want our services, roads, schools, housing and NHS to be under constant pressure because of this influx? More importantly, do you want your taxes paying for the basket-case economies in the EU? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you must confound the rest of us and place your cross adjacent to that party.

From: David Collins, Scissett.

SO another country is going to the polls and the outcome is likely to be a minority party who will take over absolute power.

For those who haven’t sussed it we are talking about the UK. A system of voting devised by a two- party state for the benefit of a two-party state takes its toll once more.

We are unlikely to get a representative Government yet again. My dream is a state where representatives had to debate every issue and convince a majority of those in Parliament on every issue. This would have two benefits. First, the amount of legislation would be greatly reduced and second, that legislation would actually make sense. I wish.