I RECEIVED little comfort from the fact that the European Court of Auditors have signed off the European Union's accounts for the first time in 14 years.
James Bovington (Letters, November 22) still recognises that the report still finds "a high number of irregularities in the actual spending of EU funds" and then seeks just one reason for retaining the pound sterling.
The use of the pound is the
last vestige of independence that this country retains.
The media may poke fun at some of the bizarre rules imposed on us by the EU. The public may resent being governed by Brussels but the most important aspect is that we simply cannot afford to be a contributing state of the EU.
I have enjoyed travelling along the brand new autovias in Spain, paid for with the British pound. I have admired the civil engineering schemes being undertaken, such as massive dams to improve water supply, being paid for with British pounds. I also use their railways which are very cheap, which of course are subsidised by the British pound.
OvercrowdedThen I return home to this overcrowded island which cannot afford capital projects like new roads or railways and barely has sufficient funds to carry out basic maintenance.
This Government made a manifesto commitment to allow a referendum on the EU Treaty or Consitution, which they now refuse to carry out. Let us see what the country really thinks.
We are supposed to live in a democracy, let the people decide. Oone simple question: Do you want to stay in the EU or do you want to come out of the EU?
In every country that has been afforded some choice, every one has turned away from further EU consolidation.
D A Morrison, Lower Grove, GaforthThe full article contains 301 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
