LAST year, the public narrowly voted to leave the European Union. The 48 per cent of the public who voted to remain have been told that they should shut up and accept the result. Theresa May has said there is no chance of another vote.

Three years ago, the Scottish public voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. The 45 per cent of the Scottish public who voted for independence have been told to shut up and accept the result. Theresa May recently told the Scots there will be no chance of another vote on the issue.

Back in 2004, Parliament voted to ban the barbaric, medieval and deeply unpopular bloodsport of hunting foxes, deer, hares and mink with packs of dogs.

Opinion polls regularly show that less than 20 per cent of the public would want to see a return to such barbarity. Why then does Mrs May feel it a sensible use of parliamentary time to allow a vote on such a deeply unpopular activity that the vast majority believed was put to bed years ago?

Tommy Woodward, Ruffa Lane, Pickering