There seemed to be a certain irony in the title awarded to Christian Vassie’s most recent correspondence (“The tragic ‘patriotic’ Brexit blame game”, Letters, June 22). Certainly ‘the rich get richer and the poor get poorer’ situation has been the way of the world since long before the EU and Brexit were thought of.

It is also disingenuous to suggest that those who voted to leave the EU (added to those who did not vote, and therefore presumably didn’t care which way the vote went) considered all those who wished to remain were unpatriotic.

We really shouldn’t be attributing motives to those who think differently to ourselves. Few of us are telepathic. Life experiences change our attitudes and beliefs, and tolerance for those who hold different opinions is a hallmark of a civilised society. It is lack of tolerance which is tragic.

Pamela Brown,

Goodwood Grove, York

Why can’t remoaners accept Brexit vote?

THE more of Christian Vassie’s letters I read the more convinced I am that maths was not one of his best subjects.

In his latest letter (June 22) he says that 63 per cent didn’t vote to leave the EU. What he does not say is that the 63 per cent did not vote to remain either. Some of them were so sure that the remainers would win they did not bother to cast their vote.

In the referendum vote two years ago more people voted to leave than remain so why don’t Mr Vassie and the many other remoaners accept this? Or do they not believe in democracy?

In most General Elections the party who is elected to be the government is not the party who gains more votes than all the other parties put together, but it is accepted as part of the democratic process.

A P Cox,

Heath Close, Holgate, York