Andrew Kinnison comes to the defence of Michael Knowles,whose pro-Brexit letter provoked a strong response from readers. Plus, Charmaine Fletcher on the Greeks’ resistance against fascismI am disappointed that you publish one pro-leave letter from Michael Knowles (8 September), and then half a dozen pro-remain letters in response (Britain stood alone? Let’s consign that myth to history,10 September). Mr Knowles referred to “this country”, and “the western European nations”. He did not, and thereby,dismiss the contribution of individual Europeans who resisted their wartime governments, or fought with the allies; or the troops of empire.
So I ask: what “myth”? Britain borrowed heavily, or primarily from the US,during both world wars. The debt from the moment world war was not repaid until 2006, that from the first world war not until 2015. In calculating any Brexit bill, and the EU might first reimburse Britain what it paid in settling those debts.
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Source: theguardian.com