THE nonsense promulgated by Martin Challender of Unison (January 21) warrants a firm rebuttal.

From the nature of Mr Challender’s letter, he is of the opinion that we are unable to choose what’s best for ourselves, how to defend workers’ rights, those of ordinary people and so on.

Also, that only the tens of thousands of misanthropic bureaucrats who infest Brussels are the only ones capable of upholding our “hard-won” rights and freedoms. To which I say, absolute rubbish.

Martin Challender, and all the others on the Left, need to be reminded that it was the “ordinary people” of this country who were at the forefront in the fight to bring freedom and rights to the people of Europe.

They fought, and won two world wars to secure our democracy, not just for themselves and us but for many others around the world.

The notion being peddled here is insulting to “us” ordinary people. What he is saying is that only the Germans, the French and others in this Leftist-dominated administration know what is good for us and that our own elected representatives do not and cannot be trusted to do what is right.

At least if we do not like the laws, employment legislations and so on brought in by our own elected politicians, we have the choice periodically of voting them out of office.

On the other hand, if we do not like the many laws, rules and regulations foisted upon us by those vast armies of unelected, faceless technocrats in Brussels, there is nothing we can do about it, but to suffer in silence. This is most unacceptable. We need to have a referendum “now” as to whether we want to be dominated by this totalitarian Marxist regime called the EU, or whether we want to regain more control over our lives, our independence, our happiness and our liberty.

A while ago I heard a joke that the EU wanted to ban the sale of bananas because they were all bent, misshaped, and didn’t conform to EU standards. And that from now on they would only permit the sale of “straight bananas”. It didn’t make me laugh that much because I realise that, more than likely, it is only a matter of time Stuart A Chapman Isle of Wight