Madam,

The letters by Messers Mac-Master, Warner and Hughes (Cambrian News, 2 June) all perpetuate some of the untrue myths presented by the Brexit campaigners in attempting to justify leaving the EU.

If they have to rely on these misleading myths they cannot believe they have a good case, which is based solely on wishful thinking, quasi-patriotic jingoistic deceptive rhetoric which have no substance or accurate detail. They have no agreed plan and are in denial of the disastrous consequences if we vote to leave. Their only response to the overwhelming view of our allies, national and international experts, businesses and banks about the detrimental impact on our trade, our economy and our security if we leave the EU, is to be disparaging and rude about them. They are not capable of providing any evidence to support their assertion that we will be better off and safer if “we take back control”.

The Brexit supporters keep saying that they will be able to reduce immigration and continue to enjoy free trade with the EU, but the evidence and experience of those other European countries outside the EU is that a condition of their access to free trade with the EU is an acceptance of the free movement of people across Europe. Brexit can’t have it both ways. Without immigration our NHS, care services, farming and food production, hotels, restaurants, universities and many other industrial sectors would be damaged significantly, and investment, jobs and exports would be hit hard if we lose our free trading arrangements with the rest of the EU.

It is fanciful to hope that the loss of European Regional Development Funding and Farming subsidies, that Wales benefits from hugely within the EU, would be made up by Westminster, if we left. This is very unlikely to happen.

It is also incorrect to say that the EU tells us what to do with the money that “comes back to us” - the EU did not tell us to rebuild the Brewit bridge, the Porthmadog bypass, the A470 between Dolgellau and Cross Foxes, or the recent development at Harlech Castle etc. These were initiatives by us in Wales, which attracted EU funding.

The only thing that is certain if we leave the EU is uncertainty. Is this really a risk that is worth taking? I don’t think it is.

Yours etc

Dr David Naylor

Harlech.