British progressives and the European Union: should we stay or should we go? | Letters

Owen Jones, George Monbiot and other usually thoughtful commentators on the left are making a fundamental error when they advocate a "Lexit" campaign to promote UK withdrawal from the EU (The left must now campaign for Britain to leave the EU, 15 July). It would be a classic case of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Do they really believe that working people throughout Europe would do better left to the mercies of financial and commercial interests, whose control over individual governments would be enormously increased by being able to divide and rule. The idea that there could be a Europe of free trade without elected democratic oversight would mean abandoning any hope of social justice and would be likely to bring about a competitive undermining of workplace rights and benefits.

Owen Jones is surely right in thinking that if Labour really wants a revival it must come out and support Brexit

The EU now is beyond redemption. The mask is off, as John Hilary of War on Want put it at an anti-TTIP meeting this week

Even the Syriza government supports continuing membership of the euro and the EU