I feared the unknown so voted to stay in EU

AGED 74, I voted to stay in the European Union because I had been a member for most of my voting life.

I knew what I liked about it and what I didn’t.

I had always felt happy being in. My only concern was the overstretching of our resources with uncontrolled immigration as a factor as austerity began to bite.

I felt sure though that together with other concerned nations we would lead a resolution to this problem.

I saw no reason to leave and frankly feared the unknown. A feeling now magnified.

Most analyses suggest that at the very least, leaving will lead to an unmeasurable period of being poorer as a nation with unmeasurable living and trading problems.

Certainly all this will be much worse if we leave without a deal, although of course, we will survive.

Given that we have now, on both sides of the argument, had two years to fully understand all of the ramifications, most of which were far from evident, even to politicians, in 2016 it must be surely essential for another referendum, with an option to stay included. 2016 was a tight result, the result was no more than advisory, and the prospect of leaving is now almost certainly viewed as an unimaginable risk by at least half of us.

To tumble into this vast unknown without the chance to reconsider is plainly stupid, whatever the result.

Tony Pegge Ystradgynlais