Would staying in EU really safeguard NHS?

HOT on the heels of his rallying call for first-time voters to overturn Brexit should the opportunity arise “Get ready for second EU referendum” (December 10), Will Woodward keeps up the pressure with his latest broadside, “Remaining in the EU could be best Brexit deal” (December 13.

Forgive me if I’m slow on the uptake here Will, but is there any difference between Mrs May’s Brexit surrender deal and remaining within the EU?

Will, like most Remainers, is very good at speculating on the doom of a Brexit future; a bit like HG Wells with The Shape of Things to Come, and the plight of our NHS is a popular topic in that respect. But seldom do Remainers call on the only undeniable evidence available to us; that of the past. So I’ll rectify that now by posing some key questions, specifically related to the NHS.

1. Since the formation of the EU in 1992, what is it about those 26 years of membership that leads Remainers to the conclusion that the EU is a safe haven for our NHS?

2. Are Remainers happy with the direction the NHS has taken regarding its structure and funding, during those 26 years?

3. Exactly where do Remainers stand on the Tory/Lib Dem coalition’s Health & Social Care Act (2012)?

Finally, straying into the future:

4. Staying in the EU means ultimately adopting their “Esperanto” money upon which the UK national budget will be forever subject to approval or veto from the European Commission.

What mechanism will be available to the British people if our budget, aimed at preserving our NHS or for taking our key utilities back into public ownership through high government investment, is vetoed by unelected Commissioners?

Lee Knowles, Chaddesden.