Blame politics, not EU

Reg O’Neill blamed the EU for Britain’s economic decline (Your Voice, Sept 17), but it was Margaret Thatcher who put millions out of work by decimating manufacturing and industry and attacking the unions.

She was the one who sold off our utilities which were then bought by foreign investors, and it was John Major who sold off the railways at a giveaway price, meaning we now give billions of pounds a year to private firms and pay the highest rail fares in Europe.

As for Britain no longer building ships, aircraft etc, unlike other countries, we buy abroad to save money, and in the process, destroy British industry. A Cooper, Wallington, South London