‘Greatest political folly since Second World War was Brexit

MR Ryder, (Letters July 6, 2026), tells us that Burnham’s plan is a ‘folly’.

Not true Mr Ryder. The greatest political folly since the second world war was Brexit.

If we had stayed in the EU, the Treasury would have had an extra £90 billion per year to spend on welfare, defence, education etc. without creating new taxes or raising tax rates. No nation in living memory has acted so foolishly in peacetime. Our international friends and allies still cannot believe we actually did it.

A Conservative government was elected on May 11, 2010 with David Cameron as PM. On July 5, 2024, Labour, with Keir Starmer as PM, thankfully ended the most disastrous 14 years and 61 days of UK politics that I have ever witnessed in my 86 years. They left the UK economy as a busted flush.

Labour has three more years to prove themselves before the next General Election is due in July 2029.

I say that we should all (including Mr Ryder) cut Labour some slack as, so far, they have done well with a very difficult economy.

If Labour MPs feel that a new leader is needed for the next three years, then so be it.

Quentin Macdonald,

Manor Farm, Church Lane,

Nether Poppleton,

York

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