We must fix our own problems

Sir, - It seems to me that the Brexit campaign wants to blame the EU for our own problems.

If membership of the EU is such an obstacle to trade and economic growth how is it that, in 2015, Germany’s exports outside the EU were EUR 504 billion and the UK’s were EUR 234 billion, more than double, with a population only 50% bigger?

In fact Germany’s exports to China were three times the UK’s.

And is it the EU’s fault the UK , with 1.6 million unemployed, cannot fill its 700,000 job vacancies with its own people?

If the UK wants to grow its economy by exporting and reduce immigration we should be producing better goods and services and a better skilled, educated and motivated workforce at all levels from Prime and First Minister down. Allan Sutherland. 1 Willow Row, Stonehaven.