Standing up to hard Brexit

From: Kamran Hussain, Yorkshire and Humber Liberal Democrats Brexit Spokesperson.

THE Prime Minister has chosen to take us out of the Single Market before she has even tried to negotiate. Membership of the Single Market is vital for the British economy and for the jobs of millions of British people.

Labour had the chance to block Theresa May’s hard Brexit and ensure ministers were held to account, but chose to sit on their hands. I am confident that the people will choose the Liberal Democrats to replace Labour as the official opposition and then replace the Conservatives as the Government.

From: Michael Dobson, Feversham Crescent, York.

FURTHER to the letter from Allan Davies (The Yorkshire Post, March 18) regarding voting percentages in the EU referendum, he fails to mention the corollary of his calculations which is that only 36 per cent of the 75 per cent voted in favour of remaining in the EU. To partly plagiarise his final comment it is difficult to regard this as a ringing endorsement for staying in the EU.

Since time immemorial, Parliamentary and local elections have been won or lost on lower percentage turnouts than that achieved in the EU referendum and people have accepted the results. It’s the way the present voting system works – accept it.