YP Letters: Vote to leave EU will not solve migrant issue

IF those contemplating voting “Out” in the forthcoming EU referendum think that victory will mean that the migrant problem will simply go away, I feel that they will be sadly disappointed.

In fact, it could be just the start of the country’s problem in that area. The big question that the citizens of this country need answering before Referendum Day is how will the French respond, bearing in mind that they have on their doorstep thousands of migrants whose sole aim is to cross into the UK, and think that they have a divine right to do so?

By the way, they do not. I don’t put it past the French to make that crossing easier. And what would be the UK’s response if the French decided simply to ship the migrants across the Channel? Could we in all honesty see the Royal Navy turning those ships round and sending them back? I don’t think so.

The price we could have to pay for our withdrawal could be that the migrants encamped in Calais, and now in Dunkirk and Zeebrugge, are allowed into this country. And if that were to take place, would that ‘Out’ vote have really been worth it?

From: John Watson, Hutton Hill, Leyburn.

NOW that the PM has come back from Brussels with only a small proportion of his demands unfulfilled, we must now try to convince the voting public what are the advantages of Brexit and what are the disadvantages of staying in the EU.

All the gloom and doom merchants are saying that we will not survive on our own. That was what they said about us when we didn’t join the euro currency. It has now come to pass that was the right thing to do.

I was never happy with Maggie Thatcher authorising the building of the Channel Tunnel. Now that we have it, we must make sure it is not used by people from far away who wish to do us harm.

From: Jim Beck, Lindrick Grove, Tickhill.

WHY would any rational person want to belong to an organisation so devoted to wasting money that, each year, having spent six months in Brussels, it then transfers itself, lock, stock, barrel and civil servants to Strasbourg?

An organisation mis- handling such eye-watering amounts of money that their accounts have not been signed off by the auditors for over a decade?

We should withdraw from the EU and watch it disintegrate; within a decade they would be asking us to re-join the free trade area for which we originally voted.

From: Sam Hogg, Guiseley.

IF Home Secretary Theresa May says Britain needs the EU to fight international terrorism, I will listen to her.

As Tom Richmond wrote (The Yorkshire Post, February 20), she has dealt with these matters for six years and her stance will hardly enhance her prospects in any Tory leadership contest.

Thank you, Mrs May, for putting country before party. If only the same could be said for the likes of Michael Gove.

From: Terry Morrell, Prunus Avenue, Willerby.

NOW that the EU referendum debate is under way, we should also be aware of those supposedly unbiased agencies peddling material sometimes presented under a hidden agenda.

I refer to the BBC, which has a definite slant towards remaining in the EU. This is evident throughout their news media output but often uses more subtle channels, such as programmes like Countryfile and holiday shows.

From: Karl Sheridan, Selby Road, Holme on Spalding Moor.

THE revelation by David Cameron that he has pulled a rabbit out the hat regarding the EU is utter rubbish; in reality he hasn’t really achieved anything of value whatsoever – in fact I would regard it as being “much ado about nothing”.

Remaining in the EU would be disastrous to the future of this country. England has always been a trading nation and although the original idea of a Common Market made sense, the current edition of the EU is just too bureaucratic, too corrupt and is now far too unwieldy to be practical.

We all know that getting a local committee of say a dozen people to agree is difficult, and yet the EU encompasses 28 countries – all with their own political agendas – so getting agreement on important issues that affect us all is far from easy.

We are only a small island and cannot take the volume of economic migrants or EU residents that want to move here.

From: Peter Hyde, Driffield.

SO Mr Cameron has got a deal on Europe. He asked for a cake and only got the base it was on. Big deal, and now he will try to tell us what a fantastic job he has done and how much better off we are.

What he forgets is that the EU see us as a soft touch and will never let us have control of our country again and will continue to milk us dry.

Mr Cameron should resign and let Haltemprice MP David Davis run the party and the country. He would make a far better job than the Eton schoolboys we have ruining us now.

From: David Collins, Scissett.

I AGREE with Terry Palmer’s view (The Yorkshire Post, February 19) that the whole of the UK should have a say on the EU and also Scotland’s future in the UK. But I disagree with rebuilding Hadrian’s Wall.

If we want a border, I suggest a giant hedge. It would need a name. How about Sturgeon’s silliness or England’s edge?