EU referendum was an appalling travesty of the democratic process

DAVID Torrance (“Labour hustings’ two stars – that’s not Corbyn and Smith”, The Herald, August 29) suggests he agrees with Jeremy Corbyn when he said in his speech at the hustings for the leadership that we must “respect” the result of the European Union referendum. I’m sorry, but when judging people, I can’t respect them if they ignore the truth, condemn others simply on the basis of their race or geographical origin and make fatuous promises that they have no intention of keeping. All of these were characteristics of the Leave campaign, which cynically manipulated some real anger among alienated groups in order to further a particularly nasty agenda, aided and abetted by the owners of the popular press.

Now it appears that Theresa May will add to this (“Russell study to reveal impact of Brexit on everyday life”, The Herald, August 29), by seeking to implement Article 50 without Parliamentary scrutiny.

Surely we should not “respect” this appalling travesty of the democratic process, and should do everything possible to ensure that such a cataclysmic decision is at least approved by Parliament, rather than on the basis of mob rule. Dr RM Morris, Veslehaug, Polesburn, Methlick, Ellon. I NOTE with interest that Michael Russell, the Scottish Government’s new Europe Minister, has been tasked to produce a Brexit impact study that will examine the ramifications across the board in Scotland.

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has also directed her Cabinet ministers to produce similar statements for their respective departments.

I just wonder what will be used as a baseline for these studies as the only certainty at the moment is uncertainty across a very broad tapestry of activities embracing everything from trade, employment, security, borders, immigration, education, agriculture, fishing, passports, the City and so on. Ronald J Sandford, 1 Scott Garden, Kingsbarns. FORTY-FIVE per cent of “finance chiefs” working throughout the UK believe that, following the Brexit vote, the UK economy will decline over the next 12 months (“Fears for UK economy”, Herald Business, August 30).

So 55 per cent do not believe that the economy will decline.

Negativity, negativity, negativity. David Miller, 80 Prestonfield, Milngavie.