YP Letters: Bicycle folly shows why Britain must exit Europe soon

A cyclist rides past workmen tasked with building a cycle superhighway from Leeds to Bradford.

I NOW have the most compelling evidence yet for the UK to leave the European Union. It is the new cycle superhighway currently being constructed in and around Bradford, a city where the majority of routes from the city centre are uphill, and cyclists are rarely in evidence.

I am given to understand that the project is costing in excess of £26m, funded mainly by capital from the European Union.

This money is available because the EU provides grants for cycle lane schemes in major cities. This might be appropriate in cities that have levelled ground and a large number of cyclists but it is certainly not appropriate for Bradford.

The work is been carried out on all the major highways into Bradford where there is a more pressing need to repair the holes in the carriageway sometimes within only a few feet of the new cycle lane.

Were the UK not dependent on the EU grant money but instead had been able to retain its own revenue, it could channel the money into projects that are needed, projects that would benefit the majority and not a minority. This scheme is a total waste of money.

From: Peter Hyde, Kendale Drive, London.

PARIS. Brussels. London? Yes, we are at serious risk of attack by terrorists who are willing to blow themselves to bits in order to kill us. So what does this Government do about it?

It cuts money to fund our border controls, it cuts police numbers, it fails to fund our overwhelmed NHS and, at the same time, doles out billions in so-called foreign aid. What a crazy world we live in and what a crazy Government we elected.

From: Sergi Singh, Chamberlain Road, Hull.

FABIAN Picardo, Gibraltar’s First Minister, is advising the UK to vote against leaving the EU on June 23 and has become the latest in a long line of foreign leaders to do so. Mr Picardo was elected on a pledge of “No surrender of our right to open government, no surrender of our duties to care for our people, no surrender of the concept that Gibraltarians should have dignified jobs, no surrender of our hopes and dreams for Gibraltar and no surrender of our sovereignty on land or sea”.

Despite this he is advocating staying in the EU which recognises no independent sovereignty within its borders (Treaty of Maastricht) and has a dismal record of “open government” and democratic elections.