Time - International (2019-07-08)

4 Time July 8, 2019

THE TROUBLE WITH BREXIT

Why did you publish TWo

articles in the June 17 issue—

“How Brexit Broke Britain,”

by Jonathan Coe, and “An-

archy in the U.K.” by Tina

Brown—both obviously

written from a “Remoaner”

viewpoint; both so condem-

natory of people who sup-

ported Brexit. With the E.U.

working toward a United

States of Europe, I and many

others still want to leave the

E.U. The possible economic

loss seems an unfortunate,

but perhaps necessary, cost

of doing so. There is no rac-

ism involved in such a way of

thinking. Why vilify us? The

road to Brexit seems to have

become rocky due to unco-

operative Members of Parlia-

ment, but let’s hope we get

there in the end.

Hugh Trevor,

NorTh berWick,

scoTlaNd

The WeighT of The leave

constituency lies in the prov-

inces, and the political and

metropolitan elite do not ap-

pear to understand the sig-

nificance of this. Attempts

by the metropolitan elite to

reverse the referendum result

have caused entrenched and

deep divisions and are sub-

stantially the reason Parlia-

ment is stalled. The thought-

less approach that leads

Brown in her comedy sketch

to knock every easy target

and end by decrying the pop-

ulation as “brain-dead” is

precisely the sort of incendi-

ary terminology that diverts

serious debate and reinforces

the belief that the gilded

elite are out of touch with the

grassroots. The elite just do

not understand the genuine

resentment outside their in-

sulated bubble and are happy

to take advantage of the con-

fusion to advance their per-

sonal agendas by pouring oil

on troubled waters.

John Cook,

sTilliNgfleeT, eNglaNd

i WriTe To remiNd your

readers that the Brexit mad-

ness is largely confined to

England. Scotland voted to

remain in Europe. And once

the U.K. has completed its

miserable Brexit, the people

of Scotland will demand a

rerun of their 2014 indepen-

dence referendum, but this

time we will vote convinc-

ingly to leave the U.K., to

govern our own country, and

to forge new and strength-

ened relationships with our

European friends.

Les Mackay,

duNdee, scoTlaNd

The majoriTy of our peo-

ple see leaving the “federa-

tion” of the E.U. as a massive

opportunity for our future de-

velopment and evolution as a

nation unshackled from the

inward-looking E.U. project.

Indeed would the citizens of

the U.S. ever consider sacri-

ficing their independence to

a federation of nation-states

and willingly vote to do so?

Mike Sheppard,

herTfordshire, eNglaNd

SURVEILLANCE IN OUR HANDS

re “The ThreaT of big

Other” [June 17]: If George

Orwell were to see society as

it is today, he would not be

surprised at the rise in sur-

veillance that now permeates

modern life. What would sur-

prise him is that we willingly

and enthusiastically purchase

the necessary equipment

with our own hard-earned

funds to enable this surveil-

lance to take place believing

that it enhances our life.

Bob Richardson,

souTh Woodham ferrers,

eNglaNd

THE REAL BERNIE

re “oNce more, WiTh

Feelings” [June 17]: I do not

care that Bernie Sanders

doesn’t hug babies, I do not

care that he doesn’t pose for

pictures, I do not care that

he doesn’t have a PR smile.

However, I do care that you

neglected to write about how

he is sugarcoating his radical

socialist past and his sympa-

thies for the Sandinistas and

the old Soviet Union, among

others.

Kathy Cambas,

aTheNs

i cried aT The eNd of This

article because the writer

captured the reason we are

so behind Bernie. He will

get the job done and hope-

fully save our country from

Trump. For the media to give

him a fair and honest first-

class article is what we have

been waiting for. I am 72, and

all of my friends are voting

for Bernie. Thank you from

the bottom of our old hearts.

Kathy Jones,

NeW buffalo, michigaN

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