IN response to Mr Ford (Thursday, March 3), sovereignty would go with an EU yes vote. Mr Ford, you need to understand that we are not all scared of the bogeymen that reside on the other side of the channel.

There is nothing in the words you quote that intimidate me. I am quite comfortable with Europe, its people, and its institutions.

Indeed, your quote strengthens my resolve because, if the EU had been in control of our policies over Iraq, this Government would not have wasted billions of pounds killing and maiming the innocent in pursuit of the guilty.

This constitution may well be the check this Government needs until a credible force can challenge it here at home.

Mr I G Whittle

Lee Lane

Horwich