YP Letters: Jo Cox was denied a vote, but we can honour her by voting

From: David Warner, Magdalen Street, Eye, Suffolk.
The electorate has a duty to vote after the death of Jo Cox.The electorate has a duty to vote after the death of Jo Cox.
The electorate has a duty to vote after the death of Jo Cox.

MY Yorkshire pedigree is intertwined with that of First World War refugees, and I am therefore predisposed to admire the breadth of vision embodied in a community leader whose qualities have been self-authenticating, and are now celebrated by many more than could identify them while Jo Cox MP lived.

Her untimely death means that she cannot cast a vote in 
the EU referendum, but all who like me have come to recognise her leadership are able to pay tribute to her integrity by ensuring that the vote cast 
by each of us represents a 
tribute and a mark of gratitude, and a fitting response to 
a person of such exemplary integrity.

From: Catherine Smith, Beanlands Drive, Glusburn, Keighley.

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AS the referendum draws near, I hope people will remember the loss of life we suffered in two world wars.

I was six-years-old when 
the German Hindenberg 
came over the village of Cowling, then down to Keighley and beyond. This was on May 8, 1936.

Feelings were still raw for 
those who had lost family members.

I have a list of the 60 men killed in the 1914-18 war and the 11 killed in 1939-45 war.

This was a terrible loss of life for a small village.

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Any nation that gives up its freedom in pursuit of economic advantages deserves to lose both.

From: Mary Jackson, Kirk Ella.

AS I have never witnessed lemmings leaping over cliffs, I have to say that in nearly 70 years this is the strangest behaviour I have ever come across. British people choosing to isolate us from the rest of Europe and the developed world and to put their jobs, families, homes at risk by voting to leave the EU is deliberate economic suicide.

Not believing the indisputable evidence and the opinions of world renowned experts is like not believing the sound advice of an eminent medical specialist until it’s too late. How many of us would be so rash as to do that?

From: Alan Morrell, Owler Park Road, Ilkley.

DURING the past 40 years, we have lost the ability to run ourselves and we do not have the leaders, institutions or administrative capacity to run the whole of our national infrastructure in the best interests of the whole of the UK.

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Those interests are best served by remaining in the EU and using our influence to change it in a positive way.

From: Sue Cooke, York.

FOR me, the risks linked to leaving the EU create too great a gamble, we need to vote to remain. My fear is that if enough of us fail to go and cast our hard won vote to Remain in the EU on Thursday we will be filled with regret.

From: G Davies, Malton.

TO all young voters, European travel before the EU was no different from today. Make your decision based on genuine factors, not this misunderstanding, and do go and vote.

From: Peter Wilson, Moor Monkton, York.

DAVID Cameron has been stung by someone comparing his approach to the EU with that of Neville Chamberlain’s negotiations with Hitler’s

Germany.

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He then answered that he needed to act like Churchill in 1940. Some chance of that!

From: Mr D Morgan, Summerbridge, Nidderdale.

SHOULD the UK vote in the forthcoming referendum to leave the EU, then there will be one very positive benefit for the UK that has not been mentioned by any politicians or commentators: we will surely be guaranteed wonderful, hot summers in the future, due to the amount of hot air that will be coming across to us from the Continent.

From: Anthony Hampshire, The Esplanade, Scarborough.

THE EU accounts have never, ever been signed off by any independent accountants and the big firms won’t go near the EU, but no one talks about this.

From: Allan Simmonds, Scarborough.

THE EU has grown too big too quick and is now unmanageable, with several countries simply doing what they consider is necessary for them. The border is impossible to control and extending it to even more countries will make it worse.

From: Roger Smithies, Deepdale Close, Baildon, Shipley.

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THERE appears to be no 
logical reason to remain tied 
to a feudal method of governance by un-elected people who 
do not value Great Britain’s heritage.

From: Frank Sharp, Ravenscliff Close, Halifax.

THE Prime Minister knew the economic risks of a Brexit vote. Surely it was irresponsible to even allow a referendum in case we voted out? Is he still fit to be PM?

From: Linton Gaunt, Snape Bedale.

IF we remain in the EU, how is Britain going to feed and house the net migration of 300,000 people every year?

From: James Gollins, Underdale Road, Shrewsbury.

WHAT Margaret Beckett, Harriet Harman, Neil Kinnock, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Ed Miliband are asking the electorate is for a blank cheque.

Should we give politicians a blank cheque? No, no, no.

From: G Marsden, Buxton Avenue, Heanor, Derby.

WHAT if it is a dead heat? Will we have a referendum to see if we have another referendum?

Or is there someone in the wings who has a casting vote? Has this been thought out? Answers please.