Article 50 and public services

Dear Sir,

It must have occurred to some of your readers that it is ironic that at the time of triggering Article 50 that will take us out of the European Union, there are some of the largest protests against cuts to our major public services that we have seen for some time.

It is not easy to make a causal connection between these two events and I am sure they would be under threat even if we had decided to remain in the EU.

However, as a member of a political party that thinks we made the wrong decision last June, it would be wrong of me not to point out the possible connection.

While respecting the will of the people in leaving, our politicians are having to cope with the potential fallout economically of it in the long-term.

Our national debt is still increasing, despite what the Government declared in 2015 and it cannot be blamed for preparing for the possible negative economic implications of leaving.

We all hope that in the long term our economy will prosper and taking possibly unnecessary precautions is a responsible way forward in an uncertain future.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Peter Hirst

Middlewich