Madam,

I have discarded the birch twigs, self flagellation was a total failure, I am now trying the hair shirt for a few weeks, but alas, I have serious doubts that it will bring about the slightest vestige of contrition, I voted to leave the EU and am proud of it.

Now, however, our politicians; both national and local, are trying to take us on a guilt trip for failing to agree with their opinions.

Forecasts of plague, pestilence and famine prevailed before the referendum, then it was a prediction, ‘fail to vote our way at your peril, we know these things, we’re not peasants like you’.

The prophecy of doom continues after the nation decided, as was reflected in the Cambrian News last month.

I feel almost sorry for the near panic of our elected representatives, realisation that we, the masses, have opinions of our own, I feel angered that those same elected representatives cannot accept the decision of their electorate.

If they cannot move on in a constructive unified way to now build towards an independent nation and to identify and promote the opportunities it presents, are they fit to continue in post?

I am possibly fortunate in that I can remember life before the EU, or then the Common Market. I can remember schools still ran, possibly more efficiently, farmers still received government subsidies, laws were made, by Britain and for Britain, cucumbers were curved. We, the UK had control of our lives our borders and our destiny.

It is paradoxical that, at the time our nation voted to regain control of our own destiny, we are remembering the battles of the First World War, the Somme, Mametz Wood (particularly significant for the Welsh) and a score of other great battles in which millions sacrificed their lives to ensure the liberty and freedom of self-governance for Great Britain.

Another equally cataclysmic war later, and we gave away our sovereignty to the very nation that instigated both those conflicts. The German Chancellor is accepted and revered as the power behind the EU.

I suspect those millions of war dead would question the value of their sacrifice.

It is imperative that, irrespective of allegiances, the UK must forget the acrimony of pre-referendum posturing and duplicity and look to a future were we retain control of our own destiny, financial ruin is not an option, no organisation within the EU is going to compromise their own future by refusing to continue trade that is of mutual benefit.

The migrants currently contributing to our economy should be reassured of their future and the politicians should desist from petty minded re-criminations that are currently obstructing our progress.

Yours etc,

Allan Phillips,

New Quay.

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