FIRSTLY may I applaud the letter by Mabel Taylor.

It brilliantly encapsulates all we need to know about the EU. From the deceitful start at the beginning of our membership, purporting to be a simple free trading arrangement. Then growing like Topsy to become the failed dictatorial state it is today.

There is little wonder that the UK electorate voted convincingly to leave.

The hysterical animosity of the EU politicians is not surprising as they contemplate the reality of losing a major provider of their funds.

However, they do not have to dig deeper into their own pockets.

Perhaps someone should explain to them the meaning of the UK saying ‘cutting their coat according to their cloth’. Not something that goes well with some political mindsets.

Don Micklewright Weaverham