PROUD OF PALS’ TRIBUTE

WE’VE MADE GRAVE MISTAKE

SO after three months of statistics, possible lies from both sides, the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union.

Now the recriminations have started, France is saying that British Border Guards in France have to return to Britain, ignoring the 2003 agreement. Nigel Farage said that the £350 million a week that we pay to Europe wasn’t true, but he failed to mention this during the debates - only when it’s over.

Now Scotland is hinting that it wants another referendum on leaving the United Kingdom because they voted to remain in the European Union.

Wales and Northern Ireland are now hinting that the may well want similar referendums.

This referendum was a United Kingdom referendum - not for these areas to decide on their own.

If they get their way in the near future it may well lead to the demise of the United Kingdom and thus to the detriment of us all.

We are always being told that we are the fifth largest economy in the world and we can go it alone. What would happen if Scotland got its way and stayed in the European Union, if Wales and Northern Ireland followed suit?

Would England still remain the fifth largest economy in the world?

Would the large companies such as Airbus relocate most of their products in Europe? If they designed and built a brand new aircraft in the future would it all be built in Europe?

Nissan’s car plant in the North East is the most productive in Europe.

Likewise if Nissan were to design a brand new model of car would they build it here or in Europe?

Some financial experts say this would never happen; but they are fallible.

Europe needs us as much as we need Europe. But we are now in uncharted waters and the bottom line is nobody knows what may happen.

One thing that I am sure of is that if it goes badly wrong for this country in the future, and we head towards becoming a banana republic economy, those of the ilk like Johnson, Gove and Farage and others who promoted leaving won’t be around to pull us out of this mire, whilst the working classes are left to try and make things right.

My own belief is that we have made a grave mistake, but it was decided democratically, and we will all have to live with the consequences of the out come one way or another. AP Moxham Mill Lane Great Harwood AS we approach the dreadful anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, I was walking today from my office to Liverpool Street station through the courtyard of the Guildhall in London.

Sited as it is above the Roman amphitheatre it seemed a fitting place to find an exhibition commemorating the Battle of the Somme.

As an old Accringtonian in exile I was immensely proud that at the heart of it was a tribute to the Accrington Pals.

No doubt humble men, they could never had imagined that the Lord Mayor of London, aldermen and people of the City of London would a hundred years after their tragic deaths pay rightful tribute to their memory.

Rest in peace lads; we will, and we will continue to remember you.

With deep respect. Michael Osbaldeston London