Proud to be a dinosaur

LORD MALLOCH-BROWN seeks to devalue the views of the more mature members of society about Brexit. Well, I’ve got news for him.

I’m one of the ‘dinosaurs’ he refers to, and I voted enthusiastically back in 1975 to stay in the EEC.

However, since then I’ve witnessed at first hand the flaws that have resulted as the original concept morphed into today’s EU behemoth.

I spent 35 years travelling to industrial operations in European countries and saw that no other country interpreted, applied or enforced the numerous EU directives as rigorously as the UK. While we are to be commended for this, the downside was that the cost of compliance made us less competitive.

So, Lord Malloch-Brown, those of us who will soon be fading away have the distinct advantage over the snowflakes of having seen the EU in action and formed a balanced and mature view as to the benefits, or otherwise, of membership.

That is why I voted Leave and am confident I’m right in having done so. CHRISTOPHER R. BEAN,

Great Sankey, Cheshire.