The letter 'Brexit will be disastrous' (Letters, February 14) is interesting in that it perpetuates the argument that 'Brexit will be disastrous for jobs here'.

Note - 'will be' not 'may be'", thus implying that the authors of the letter have access to information not available to the rest of us - some form of soothsaying perhaps.

It's hardly a unique argument though. In fact it was a major part of the campaign put forward in 2016 by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, and others, to support their commitment to remaining within the EU.

The sole difference was that, at that time it was stated that employment levels in the UK would collapse immediately in the event, simply, of a vote in favour of leaving. Again, the implication was that, somehow, the supporters of the argument knew that this was an established fact. No doubt it was also an argument supported by serious academic study.

Reality was somewhat different, however. Since the referendum, there has been a continual increase in the number of people in work in the UK and the level of unemployment is at the very low level of around four per cent.

Compare that with unemployment levels in Greece (18.6 per cent), Italy (10.3 per cent), Spain (14.3 per cent) or even France (9.1 per cent). In fact, unemployment in the whole Euro area stood at 7.9 per cent in December 2018 - around double the UK level.

It's interesting, as well, that the letter states that "This" (essentially remaining in the EU) is the democratic thing to do".

Well, as I recall, we did the 'democratic thing' on June 23, 2016. The result was quite clear - the 'remain'" argument lost, but those who supported it still attempt to maintain the myth that democracy is on their side.

John Graham

Kendal