SIR – David Cameron said during his Sky TV appearance: “We can remain in the EU and control immigration.”
Then why doesn’t he?
Rev Dr Peter Mullen
Eastbourne, East Sussex
SIR – In his Sky television interview, David Cameron’s only response to a question on controlling immigration was to claim that Brexit would “trash” the UK economy.
I would remind him of his own words last November, before his failed renegotiation: “Let’s be frank, Britain is an amazing country. We’ve got the fifth biggest economy in the world. We’re a top-10 manufacturer. We’ve got incredibly strong financial services. The world wants to come and do business here. Look at the record of inward investment. Look at the leaders beating the path to our door to come and see what’s happening with this great country’s economy. The argument isn’t whether Britain could survive outside the EU. Of course it could.”
One can only conclude that he has himself fallen victim to Project Fear – in his case fear of losing the vote.
Roger Smith
Shefford, Bedfordshire
SIR – William Hague suggests that those in favour of leaving the EU “do not really know, or at least agree among themselves, what Britain should try and do if we actually left”.
How about controlling our borders and regaining control of our courts of justice for starters?
Terry Justice
Chadwell Heath, Essex
SIR – Allister Heath is right to highlight the considerable risks of staying in the EU. Far from offering security, the EU’s failure to cope with the economic and social crisis it faces increasingly undermines stability.
We only need to consider the record levels of youth unemployment in some of the poorest member states, the hundreds drowned in the Mediterranean in the last week, Daesh now knocking on Europe’s door in Libya and extreme nationalism once again on the rise in countries like Greece, Austria and even France to see how disastrous the consequences of the next, inevitable eurozone crisis will be.
Closer to home, I fear this growing instability also puts at risk many recent achievements – getting the economy back on track, denting the deficit and securing record levels of employment. Voting to stay is not the safe option that the Remain camp would have us believe it is.
Lord Shinkwin
London SW1
SIR – It’s too late for the leaders of EU nations to plead with us to stay. If they valued our membership, why weren’t real reforms made and concessions given during Britain’s renegotiation?
The greatest irony is that Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, said Britain needed to stay to have influence on EU policy, but earlier this year had blocked Britain from securing a brake on freedom of movement.
George Paterson
London W5
SIR – I have never heard of a club that bullies and blackmails members to renew their membership. Usually if a member wishes to leave, they are politely asked why, and the club will do all it can to retain the membership.
Jackie Perkins
Whitstable, Kent
