I was not inciting use of violence

I write in reply to the letter sent by Mary Kerr that was sent in response to my letter of the previous week about the referendum result (A Thinly-veiled Threat Of Violence, Letters and Opinion, Kentish Gazette, July 14).

I was not inciting or condoning violence. Nor was I excusing criminality. I was just pointing out the facts. Facts that some people don’t want to know so they can go on living their cosy little lives.

Facts that most of the mainstream media put down, twist and distort, whether it be written, television or radio.

The establishment needs shaking out of its complacency, of which David Cameron was a prime example.

The referendum, like the one in Scotland, has raised the political debate. Good!

Now the debate has started, after being suppressed for decades, it should widen and become more vociferous.

The case of Scotland is a pertinent example. If they want their independence, then why not?

It seems we all bang on about nations having their independence, sovereignty and right to selfdetermination, but when there is one on our doorstep some people get overwrought about the break-up of the United Kingdom.

The ‘kingdom’ – awful word – isn’t so ‘united’ as people think.

And if this nationalism is so bad, then why do people all over the world want their own nation, sovereignty and to control their own borders?

Why Macedonia, South Sudan, possibly Kurdistan?

Why aren’t they happy to stay part of a bigger nation?

Are we a nation divided? There are different opinions. So there should be if people are actually thinking.

No doubt remainers, the liberal-left and the left-of-centre media would be quite happy if we were of one mind, their mind.

So much for their ideas about diversity.

I expect the people of Jaywick, apparently one of the poorest towns in Britain, think very differently from the Westminster elite or those in the London bubble.

The nation has become too Londoncentric. It may be the capital, but it doesn’t rule our minds.

As for the threat of violence, Nigel Farage has been the victim of physical assault by thugs and in the Labour leadership struggle abuse and intimidation have been used.

Hardly all peace and light on that side of the divide, then.

When I say ‘Let’s get ready to rumble’, I mean politically.

The debate has been invigorated. It should stay that way rather than the nation returning to being cowed by the establishment.

Ms Kerr says she is “appalled” that the Gazette printed my letter.

I could say that I am appalled that she should suggest my democratic opinion be suppressed. It’s a matter of relativity.

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