Political porkies

IT IS time to move on from debating the merits of the EU referendum campaigns. The question posed was not: ‘Which campaign do you think told fewer lies?’

We must stop focusing on the quality of the campaigns, which were not always of the highest intellectual or moral quality, and tackle the issue at stake. People tried to answer the question of EU membership in good faith, just as we did in 1975. Yes, lies were told and propaganda was disingenuous, just as in the General Election campaign, but the process, messy as it was, does not invalidate the decision.

Some still talk of a moral victory, as if the side that lost, but fought the cleaner campaign, should have won. But we have a long tradition of respecting majority decisions.

No minority, however sincere and well-intentioned, can overrule that or have a veto over the decisions we must make.

WILL PoDMoRE, London E12.