Alternative to current Brexit deal should be a People's Vote

May's deal to leave the European Union (EU) sells our country short.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

We shall no longer have a say on many EU rules which will still bind us. We shall still have to pay, but have no say. That’s not taking back control, that’s losing it.

The integrity of the United Kingdom is under threat. The EU will have a great say over Northern Ireland’s trade and economic arrangements. Scotland is now demanding similar access to our major EU export market.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The deal will make us poorer and less powerful. Businesses are already leaving the UK, meaning less tax money will be available to pay for the NHS, housing and social benefits. Isolated, it is harder to make our voice heard in the world.

BrexitBrexit
Brexit

May’s deal takes away our right to live, work, study and export as freely in 27 rich countries. It does not end uncertainty for 1.5million British expats living in the EU.

This lousy deal leaves us effectively stranded in an airport departure lounge without knowing which flight we shall be taking.

According to a mid-November Sky poll, only 14 per cent support May’s Brexit deal. If that’s what we feel, why should our MPs vote for May’s deal against our will?

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The alternative to rejecting the deal is not a no-deal Brexit. It is a People’s Vote. There is no majority in Parliament for a no-deal Brexit. In light of the growing difficulties we have experienced in the past three years, it may be that staying in the EU is not so bad after all. Even Boris Johnson recognises that.

Nick Hopkinson

Goring Road, Steyning

---

• Share your views – email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected].

Read More
Read more readers’ letters

---

---

Benefit from an ongoing discount on your Herald or Littlehampton Gazette by joining our voucher membership scheme. Once you’ve subscribed we’ll send you dated vouchers which can be exchanged for your paper at any news outlet. To save money on your Herald or Littlehampton Gazette simply click here.