ONLY 532 years to the day have passed since Richard III lost the Bosworth vote and the chaos of the Tudor victory is already evident.

Soldiers were frightened into backing the wrong side, there’s a 40 per cent rise in reported discrimination against people from certain counties and that slogan claiming Henry Tudor would give an extra £350 million a week to help people living with deformity was a total lie.

The uncertainty of the Crown is making us much poorer and the new dynasty certainly has no mandate for abolishing the Catholic faith.

I demand a second battle to determine how the new king is allowed to rule, and if the terms are unacceptable then we should reverse this damaging decision and put Lambert Simnel on the throne instead.

Sir William Stanley has stated he already regrets leading the final charge that sealed poor Richard’s fate and I’m sure many other Lancastrians feel the same way: Loyaulté me Lie.

On a serious note, however, I’ve no wish to stop writers speaking out against Brexit, that’s their right.

I merely wanted to make a light hearted observation about just how ridiculous the same, stale comments are beginning to sound.

I enjoy a good debate too but lets make the arguments going forward a bit more original and constructive.

The king is dead, accept it York. RIP Richard.

Dr Scott Marmion, Woodthorpe, York