SIR – The British people need to have more say in the running of the country. Politicians have got too many things wrong, too many times.
Often one, or just a few, make an incompetent decision which could cost the country dear for years, such as wars.
Checks and balances are needed in the form of referenda.
Abraham Lincoln used to say: “Trust the people”, but the lesser fry in Parliament think differently.
We would need none of the cuts we’re now facing if the vast majority had their way years ago. I propose we should: l Get out troops out of Afghanistan – now!
l Get out of the European Union. This blood-sucking, white elephant gravy train gets £48 million from the UK every day.
l We could make our own laws, and it would end the lawyers’ friend, the Human Rights Act.
l End 90 per cent of immigration – now! Give our workers a fair chance.
l Stiffer sentences on crime that affects the proletariat – burglary, muggings etc.
“Democracy ends the minute your vote is cast” – a vote every five years is not enough.
Craig Westwood, Ashbourne Drive, Bradford
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