It appears that there is likely to be a majority vote for Leave, which now looks to me a leap into an even darker place and a leap that most of us may soon come to regret

I was expecting the alternative proposals of the Leave Campaign to be subject to intense scrutiny by the media but this has not been the case.

The European Union is not without faults and weaknesses but the Leave Campaign has got away with inaccurate and often false attacks on the EU. They have provided no evidence for their belief that the majority of experts are wrong about the economic consequences of Leave and have falsely claimed that immigration is the major problem this country faces.

Disappointingly, the mainstream debate has virtually ignored vital issues, such as the removal of European standards on combating Climate Change and pollution, on protecting workers' rights (for example leave for parents), health and safety at work and civil rights for all of us.

Is it not the case that the majority of the Leave Campaign oppose these safeguards, because they want to scrap them all? The other European policies that they appear to want to scrap are the increased investments provided by European funds in poorer parts of Britain, for example Cornwall and Scotland, and the limited measures being taken against tax havens and tax avoidance by both very rich individuals and large companies.

As I write it appears that there is likely to be a majority vote for Leave, which now looks to me a leap into an even darker place and a leap that most of us may soon come to regret.

Barry Mills

Silverdale Road,

Bolton