Respect choice of majority

Sir, By now, just days after the EU referendum, the rational, fair-minded members of Remain have accepted and respected the result of the poll and moved on.

However, a deluded minority of Remain have the arrogance to question the democratic choice of a clear majority of The UK electorate. Unsurprisingly, this arrogance is the very same pomposity displayed by this particular faction at all stages of the referendum process.

During the campaign, the complacency of this self-righteous group beggared belief. They assumed, wrongly, that the result would be a shoo-in for Remain. From their smug standpoint, the opinion of Leave campaigners and undecided voters would somehow be easily influenced by scaremongering lies complemented by the inane ramblings of politically inept luvvies and spent sports personalities sycophantically attempting to curry favour with the Establishment. They were wrong.

Almost immediately after the result was declared, the barefaced conceit intensified with the declaration that the result was in some way invalid. What reasons were advanced for this fatuous claim? Answers on a postcard, please. The winner will gain a place on the Shadow Cabinet. The runner-up will fill the soon-tobe vacant position of Leader of the Opposition.

On a more personal and Scottish note, I have always been a supporter of our current First Minister. It saddens me, therefore, that even she, an Ayrshire lass of considerable political savvy, but understandably staggered by the unexpected result of the referendum (not by her pointy heeled shoes), now misguidedly conflates independence for Scotland and the result of the UK’s EU referendum. Did the ballot paper even mention Scotland? Was there prior secret agreement that if the electorate in Scotland, or some other relatively small area of the UK, voted overwhelmingly in favour of Remain, this in some way justifies the current puerile tantrums and vacuous unconstitutional claims of a disgruntled, defeated minority in the UK?

There is nothing more pathetic than a bad loser. Although a worthy contender for such an appraisal would be any member of the electorate who openly admitted voting for Brexit because they believed their vote would not count, but now wishes they had backed the losers (duh!)

Let us all respect the choice of the majority in this context and face the challenges ahead as a united country.

Yours,

Peter Milne Lochranza