Letter: Trading links

PRIME Minister David Cameron has thrown his fortunately inconsiderable weight behind early Turkish entry to the European Union, (your reports).

With Turkey in, the same arguments would apply to letting Iraq and Iran enter.

His business-promoting tour has taken him on to Pakistan and India, with no mention yet of them joining. So he must surely acknowledge that we can trade with countries outside the EU.

The condition for membership is supposed to be harmonisation. With Turkey, the difficulty is harmonising fertility rates. Their rate is much higher than those of most EU countries. That the "British" fertility rate is not so far behind Turkey's reflects it having been inflated by the new communities let in by Mr Cameron's predecessors of the same persuasion.

These leaders are mostly of a social and intellectual class that sees the decision to replace indigenous workers with imported ones in much the same light as swapping one breed of livestock for another. It is to be taken by the owner to maximise his profit.

Those of us who are Euro- sceptic need also to be Anglo-sceptic and realise that we may actually be less badly off under Franco-German influence. These nations of course are also dominated by elites, but they still have an instinct for self-preservation.

J G RISELEY

Harcourt Drive

Harrogate, North Yorkshire