‘Quitters’ is a deeply repugnant name for Cameron to call those who have served Britain
SIR – I, like hundreds of thousands of others, have served my country. In my case the 30 years included nine operational tours in four theatres as an infantryman and with the SAS. And I, like so many others, have decided to vote for Brexit.
To be told by David Cameron of all people that those who do so are “quitters” is deeply repugnant. P D King Fretts South Molton, Devon SIR – Mr Cameron again resorted to the use of the pejorative “Little Englanders”, in the ITV question and answer programme. The expression has long lost any meaning in rational debate, other than to indicate that the user has exhausted his arguments. John Perry Woodbridge, Suffolk SIR – David Cameron promotes the Remain cause like a schoolboy, by fear and name-calling.
Why does he not promote the positives of the EU project, whatever they may be? I think the answer lies in his PR background and his embarrassment at the abject failure of his negotiation with the EU. Peter Gilmartin Gloucester SIR – Mr Cameron is remarkable. In the long and chequered history of Britain he is the only person of renown who has been prepared to put a price on our freedom and democracy. Peter Finnie Wortham, Suffolk SIR – How dare Mr Cameron echo the remarks of Jean-Claude Juncker of a few weeks ago, saying that if Britain left the EU we would be seen as “quitters”?
Who quit in 1940? Not Britain. Three of my brothers and my husband gave six years of their young lives to repel German advances. How they would grieve to see German domination of Europe by other means.
Britain is disgusted with the corrupt European elite whose sole purpose is their own self-aggrandisement. We are right to leave them to their own selfserving devices. Myra Spalton Macclesfield, Cheshire SIR – I am a quitter, but only in the sense that the European ship is evidently sinking and I believe it is time to cast off in our lifeboat. If Mr Cameron wishes to do the honourable thing and go down with the ship, good luck to him. In the meantime, could he please stop annoying the passengers in the lifeboat? Lt Col IR M Saker (retd) Shaftesbury, Dorset SIR – By taking an active part in the EU referendum campaign, Mr Cameron has, win or lose, leave or remain, single-handedly destroyed the Conservative Party.
After assuring voters they would be left to make up their own minds, he then decided for us that it would be better to remain in the EU. And he has proceeded to roll out a daily horror story to frighten us into staying. If the result of the referendum is that we remain in the EU, disgruntled Leave voters will desert the Tories and join Ukip in droves. If the result is to leave, Mr Cameron will be ostracised and made to look a complete fool. His political career will be over. The disappointed Remain voters will show their displeasure by deserting the Conservative Party. David Ilott Oxford SIR – Registering on the electoral roll is a legal requirement, not optional. On moving we are required to inform the local electoral registrar’s office.
A great many young people thought this had been done by an older person on their behalf. But the media have been advising them for months, years, to register. There is no excuse for failing to achieve it at the last minute and then complaining that they missed out on the next polling opportunity. Sue Doughty Twyford, Berkshire