I SO agree with Bill Heppell, unplug the television until the recently announced election is over and for at least two weeks afterwards (Letters, April 20).

Oh dear, weeks of politicians and pundits gazing earnestly into television cameras, spouting the party line and frequently stating opinions as if they were facts.

Even regional news programmes cannot avoid voicing the opinions of local politicians, supporting or opposing, or resigning in protest at their leader’s stance.

After all the effort, and expense, will anything change? I doubt it. The same type of people will be in charge, the same arguments will be pursued, the same attitudes will persist.

Thinking about Brexit, I wasn’t around at the time, but I don’t recall talk of a referendum in 1939 before we took a much more momentous decision, and joined in a World War costing so many lives.

I believe there were people at the time who disagreed with the decision, even some who sympathised with Germany.

One thing we can be sure of, a half-hearted attempt at any course of action is bound to fail Whatever decisions are made, once made, we can only go forward if we hope to succeed.

Pamela Brown, Goodwood Grove, York