Madam,

In response to Alan MacMaster (‘Our MP is wrong to suggest that No Deal is off the table’), I would like to remind readers that just because a majority vote for something it doesn’t make it possible.

The Leave campaign lied repeatedly. They promised that everything would be better if we left the EU, that we could trade globally and make Britain great again. Unfortunately for the Leave campaigners, they won and therefore had to try to achieve everything they had promised. Reality is biting hard and they are being forced to admit that Brexit will be very damaging.

Being in the EU never stopped us trading globally. We’ve done that successfully for decades but now Brexit will remove all the trade deals we currently enjoy. It will also remove the right of free movement for UK citizens. Of course the rich will still be able to afford to live, work, travel and study in Europe, but it is likely to be beyond the means of the ordinary person.

Unlike England, Wales exports more than it imports. Already consignments of frozen Welsh lamb are on their way to the Far East and, because they will arrive after 29 March, no-one knows whether they can be accepted or what import duties will need to be paid on them. Will Welsh hill farmers be able to sell the lamb being produced this spring, much of which is exported to the EU? If we crash out with no deal, tariffs will make Welsh lamb uneconomic. Once out of the EU, we will have no control over the tariffs that will be imposed on our produce that we currently export tariff-free.

Brexit is the first time in history that a country has imposed punitive sanctions on itself.

Leave supporters all say that they knew exactly what they were voting for, so I suggest people remember that when food prices rise by up to 40 per cent, when they have to apply for an international driving licence in order to drive whilst on holiday in Europe and when our farmers and fishermen are forced out of business.

Passionate Leave supporters will try to dismiss this as “Project Fear”, but all too soon it will be project reality.

Finally, to those who are completely fed up with Brexit, I urge you to support Remain.

If we leave, Brexit will dominate our politics for at least the next two decades as we try to recreate all the trade deals we already have.

If we remain part of the EU, we can focus on the important things we should be doing, such as improve the NHS and education, finding ways to create jobs that don’t depend on big multinational companies and generally making life better for those whose communities were so damaged by Tory policies.

Yours etc, Margaret Hall, Maes yr Odyn, Dolgellau.

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