Sadly, I saw four letters in last Friday’s paper on the subject of Brexit, all reasonably well filled with vitriol and dubious ‘facts’.

As a generalisation, the less one knows about a subject the louder and more passionate one is in supporting it.

Both sides in the Brexit debate have produced what sounds like a telling argument in favour of their approach.

To achieve this in a complex subject such as this all one had to do is to select appropriate facts and ignore those which go against one’s argument. Sadly there is nothing new in this approach.

The advantages and disadvantages of being in the EU are many and complex.

It was unreasonable to expect anyone to arrive at a decision based on the information received in the referendum which was well laced with ‘alternative truths’ by both sides and resulted in a leave verdict where the margin was statistically almost insignificant.

While I am, in general, happy to criticise MPs, we must remember that they are our representatives in Parliament and have opinions which are as varied as are our own.

Sadly, unlike other correspondents, I cannot offer a ‘magic’ solution to the Brexit problem other than to suggest that when stuck in a hole the best plan is to stop digging, and to hope that we can return to the tolerant understanding society I am familiar with.

Martyn Tozer

Plymouth Road, Kingsbridge