Nick Martinek, Briarlyn Road,
Huddersfield.
THE seeds of our exit from the EU were sown when Sir Con O’Neill, back in
1972, said: “Swallow the lot, and swallow it now.” His advice to capitulate to
the extreme demands of Brussels is loudly copied by the Remainers
today.
Unfortunately for us, the result was a botched negotiation to join the EU
(the EEC as was) that has caused political and constitutional crises ever since,
as well as costing us serious money. Appeasing the EU didn’t work on entry, and
it’s certainly not working now on exit. Yet Theresa May’s government seems
incapable of learning from history.
If Mrs May thought that the EU would be friendly, reasonable, even
rational, she hasn’t been paying attention for the last 45 years. The choice is
capitulation, as in 1972, or to actually leave and use the WTO trade
deal.
Clearly WTO is the better option, despite some short-term difficulties.
We must not remain in the EU by the back door. Yorkshire Post.
