IN THE same year that we mark 800 years since Magna Carta, it seems entirely appropriate to question whether we should remain in the EU.

For me the argument is not about economics but democracy.

Only one part of the EU is directly elected and they can only debate laws proposed by the European Commission, a body who are appointed not elected.

This means there is no democratic control within the EU – they are, in that sense, illegitimate. In terms of budgetary control, they appear to be either incompetent or at the very least careless with our taxes.

Events in Greece suggest it is their way or the highway.

They presently seem entirely prepared to sacrifice the future of a nation to protect a political ideal.

These are all reasons not to remain as members. Ease of travel and a single market, within which spending power is declining, are not sufficiently powerful counterpoints for me to view this differently.

GUY GREEN Old Town Swindon