IN RESPONSE to Lib Dem Roger Barlow in the Guardian, October 19.

I would like to express my desire to live in a democratic society and satisfy the will of the people in regards to Brexit. Mr Barlow’s and others’ inference that “we didn’t know what we voted for” is becoming quite nauseating and insults everyone’s intelligence.

Yes, there was lots of poetic licence in both sides of the campaign. The NHS promise on the side of Boris’s bus being a classic.

However, what people seem to fail to realise is that these falsehoods were uncovered and well publicised before the vote.

As a relatively sane person I took this into account when I visited the polling station.

On a personal level, what I voted for was to retain my country’s sovereignty, control my country’s borders and become masters of our own destiny.

I acknowledge this might come at a cost from an economic point of view but I believe this will be short term and is a price that is well worth paying.

I think if you asked people if they would pay more tax to protect the NHS they would say “yes”.

I think if you asked the majority if they would pay more tax to get out of a federal European state, the answer would also be “yes”.

It needs to be acknowledged that the perceived falsehoods from the ‘leavers’ were each countered by the ‘remainers’.

The promise of ‘armageddon’ , ‘World War 3’ being notable examples.

We have provided a mandate to the government, without whom this referendum would not have happened to negotiate the best possible deal for the future.

Leaving the EU does not make us less European – it just makes us less federal. Lets embrace the whole world.

David Vicars Address supplied