When the UK joined the EEC, otherwise known as the Common Market, I felt it was a very good idea.

A common market place where we Europeans could enjoy in fettered access to from food to services.

The EEC slowly, and almost imperceptibly, developed into a much larger and significantly more complicated politically orientated union.

Unified currency, the Euro, which thankfully the UK chose not to be a part of. Laws centralised in Brussels and talk of a European army would have meant even greater integration.

Migration, too, has caused strain on our principal services, schools, the NHS and housing.

Finally, the undeniable feeling that the UK would lose its sovereignty proved the last straw.

A club though eventually made up of 28 countries commercially trading as one was in everyone's interests. Shared security, too, was of course also good, indeed vital for all the EU countries.

The thought of becoming one of the federal states of Europe is completely untenable to a country that has more than held its own in world affairs.

There are European countries facing extremely difficult financial times. It has already proved necessary to bail-out certain members and there are more that are in the verge, too.

In my view, every country should have firm policies in place to ensure, as fas as is possible, that they can retain stability and be self supportive without having to resort to approaching the other members 'cap-in-hand' to be rescued.

The Brexit Referendum was allowed by David Cameron in the belief that leaving would never be countenanced and although the result was extremely close, the majority decision was to leave.

And that is just what we should do in March next year, end of story.

Nigel Scott, via email