THE Remain campaign has tried to portray ‘Leavers’ as little Englanders or in someway anti-European. We are not, we love Europe, we love its traditions, diversity, culture and cuisine. We like to visit and holiday there and we have a proud history of welcoming and hosting Europeans to our country.

We simply believe that it is perfectly natural and healthy for a mature democracy like the UK to elect its own government and to live under its own laws whilst trading and cooperating with every other country in the world. We are 65 million people, the fifth largest economy on the planet, the fourth military power and one of only five members of the UN Security Council. We could prosper perfectly well, as do 165 other nations if we governed ourselves.

On Thursday you could make history by doing something amazing, so overcome the fear mongering, the doubts and the pessimism of the Remain campaign and cast your vote to Leave the European Union.

Cllr Martyn Cox

Westhoughton North and Chew Moor