Western Mail

Declare the vote null and void

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OMG! I find myself in agreement with Gwyn Hopkins of Llangennec­h regarding a People’s Vote (Western Mail letters October 17).

Cameron had no “Plan B”, indeed he didn’t even have a “Plan A”!

All he had was a “Plan C” - fix the Conservati­ve party, which has blown up in his face.

Then to call referendum on such a profound measure on a simple majority was foolish. We could, theoretica­lly, be taken out of the EU with a single vote!

Unions must have substantia­l (66%?) majority to call a strike.

The fraudulent (£350m a week for the NHS) simplistic (we can just leave the next day), xenophobic (pictures if hoards of immigrants marching to our shores), corrupt (B-Leave found guilty of breaking funding laws), infiltrate­d by fake news, referendum should be

dismissed as null and void for all these reasons,

The dismissive “You remainers lost - get over it” attitude voiced by Douglas Davies does democracy no favours.

We are fortunate to live in a representa­tive democracy. We vote in a government that closest represents the collective will of the country.

When that government diverges far from the evolving will of the people we vote in a different government - we cannot do that with Brexit.

Let’s get away from calling the People’s Vote a second referendum but call it a vote to ratify the vote to leave the EU based on the actual deal not competing emotional claims. Terry Green Blackwood

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