LETTER to Judith Maynard, in response to her letter in the Penarth Times (November 24).

Mr Doughty is my MP too.

I voted to remain in the EU, as did a majority of Mr Doughty’s constituents.

Therefore my plea to Mr Doughty is to do all he can to delay the implementation of the referendum vote and to support calls for a second referendum.

So, faced with such opposing views, what is Mr Doughty to do?

I would hope he would make up his own mind on the issue, taking into account the following:

1. The referendum was an advisory exercise; and far from the result representing ‘the will of the people’ it represents only 37 per cent of the total electorate and 26 per cent of the total population;

2. The Leave campaign, prior to the referendum, peddled lies and disinformation about the benefits of a leave vote, which, following the referendum, were quickly revealed to be fantasy;

3. That the EU is not just about economics, but is a group of nations united in seeking to prevent war in Europe – an ideal that surely resonates with us all in this, the 100th anniversary of the First World War – and that resurrecting the out-dated, nostalgic, concept of Bulldog Britain, ‘free of EU constraints’ is another fantasy and a real threat to the security of this country;

4. That the increase in hate crimes since the referendum, is an ugly and potentially very divisive response to immigration concerns, with uncomfortable echoes of 1930s Germany, that threatens the social cohesion of our society.

Pre-Brexit, Mr Doughty was for the UK remaining in the EU.

If he continues to feel the same way, I would ask him to put what he believes to be in the best interests of this country above party political pressures and strive to save this country from the uncertain, but potentially appalling, consequences of Brexit.

Alan Armstrong,

Victoria Square,

Penarth