SIR – As we approach D-Day, activating Article 50 to extricate the UK from the clutches of the United States of Europe also known as the European Union, we still have John Hall (T&A letters, March 13) preaching doom and gloom and John Cole (T&A letters, March 15) demanding a second referendum.

It’s strange that both these gentlemen are ex-Liberal Democrat councillors, which may mean something but I’m not sure what.

However, I think it is fair to say they should be complimented for their misguided tenacity, very much like the sea creature ‘barnacle’ which sticks to rocks’ and ships’ bottoms and is not easily shaken off.

S Pickup, Sulby Grove, Bradford

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