I will be gone before there is vote on EU

IF the membership of the European Union is the greatest thing since sliced bread:

Why do almost 70 per cent of the British people want out?

Why aren’t there serious repercussions when the EU books fail to balance year in, year out?

Why is our democratically-elected Government afraid to allow the British people a referendum?

Why do we constantly pay more into the EU coffers than we take out?

Why do some say that we would be big losers if we opted out when we import far more than we export?

Why do we meekly obey EU directives when other countries select which legislation they will succumb to?

Why did Ted Heath persuade me to sign up for membership of the union by convincing me it was a Common Market for trading purposes only?

Why, as some say, am I such a boring old dinosaur?

Why am I worrying? I’ll have long kicked the bucket before they bring in a referendum.

From: BJ Cussons, Curly Hill, Ilkley.

ALTHOUGH Eurosceptic on balance, I accepted that a referendum at this point would just be more waste of public money. However, we must motivate our “rulers” to re-look at the whole situation.

Why has another huge, expensive building been created? We already have an unnecessarily additional expensive building in Strasbourg.

Whose responsibility is it to see that the accounts are audited? Are European commercial companies allowed to function without auditing?

It is obvious that the laws dreamed up through European Courts are just to provide jobs for the boys. So many are unrealistic, unnecessary, unjust.

Can we not motivate some people in every country, those with access to all modern internet modes of communication, to ask questions in each and every country?

Committee members must be forced to take responsibility for their decisions and actions – and be penalised in certain circumstances.

If we don’t achieve this through reasonable questions and answers we will be led/submerged by actions of professional rioters. Can caring people not activate friends across Europe?

Don’t forget our own sport

From: Phil Daly, PR manager, Leeds Rugby.

HAVING read the nominations for the Greatest Sporting legend in Yorkshire, it is with much disappointment that the sport of rugby league has been overlooked in your nominations (Yorkshire Post, November 2).

The game was formed here in Yorkshire and some of the greatest names who have ever graced either code were born here in this county.

The likes of Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet, Jonty Parkin of Wakefield, Billy Batten of Hull and Harold Wagstaff of Huddersfield at the formation of the game continuing through to Ernest Ward of Bradford, Jonny Whiteley of Hull, Mick Sullivan, the record holder for international caps, Roger Millward of Hull KR & Castleford, Neil Fox, who graced many Yorkshire clubs, and right up to the modern day with players such as Ellery Hanley, all proud Yorkshiremen and all players that the Yorkshire Post has held in the highest regard down the decades.

You may notice that I have not included players from my own club, Leeds, for fear of any bias. However, the late great John Holmes would sit alongside as an equal to any of the 14 listed in your nominations.

While I appreciate it is a subject for endless debate, the inclusion of at least one rugby league nomination in your 14 would have been wholly justified.

From: David Hinchliffe, Holmfirth.

YOUR series inviting opinion on Yorkshire Greats will undoubtedly stimulate debate but the shortlist of sport nominees lacked credibility. Of the names listed, not one came from the 13-a-side code.

With the greatest respect to the only oval ball nominee, Ian McGeechan, how can he be suggested when the likes of Harold Wagstaff and Neil Fox are absent?