YP Letters: Farage not to blame for £350m a week for the NHS pledge

JAYNE Dowle (The Yorkshire Post, July 12) refers to “the promised extra £350m a week conjured entirely out of the air by former Ukip leader Nigel Farage”.

This is not true, the figure was displayed on the Vote Leave bus and he was not involved in their campaign. He actually commented at the time that it would have been better to use 
the net figure of our contribution to the EU of around £9bn-£10bn a year.

It was also pointed out during the referendum debates that the £350m included funding allocated to farming and other needs identified for the regions and universities. Whoever was in power could decide to spend it how they saw fit.

She also mentions talking to a lady in her seventies who voted to leave but was re-thinking her decision due to her concerns about the cost of living and the price of food. Leaving the EU will provide opportunities for cheaper food from Africa and elsewhere, where EU tariffs protecting French farmers need not be applied. She also refers to a ‘hard Brexit at the hands of self-seeking right-wing politicians’. The term ‘hard’ is being used by the people who voted to remain and they are finding it ‘hard’ to accept the result. It is also not accurate to imply that leaving is right-wing, there are also many people you could class as left-wing, such as George Galloway and Denis Skinner, who are opposed to the EU.

There is no need for a second referendum. The problem is the majority of MPs think they know better, and many are doing everything they can to undermine the decision.

From: Philip Taylor, Milner Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield.

MARIA Caulfield and Ben Bradley resigned as vice chairs of the Conservative Party due to their opposition of the Prime Minister’s Brexit policy.

What a childish and pathetic attitude. They are like children who have had their toys confiscated. If these two people had any strength of character, they would remain and put up a decent fight in support of their convictions. In my view, the party is better off without such weak characters. Personally I think Theresa May is an excellent PM and deserves more support than she is currently receiving.

From: J A King, Sheffield.

HOW is it that Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India, and all the other Commonwealth countries, manage without a free trade deal with the United States of Europe and manage very well? Let’s get real and do our own thing.