Sir, – Finn McRedmond tells us that it is a “fable” to say that the motivation for the vote for Brexit was English nationalism (“English nationalism has nothing on the Irish variety”, Opinion & Analysis, April 27th).
She quotes as evidence that people in Wales and Northern Ireland voted for Brexit.
The fact is, however, that 87.4 per cent of the people who voted for Brexit were in English constituencies.
That was motivated by a decades-long media narrative which expressed nothing but contempt for the EU.
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Brexit, therefore, gave English people an opportunity to express that contempt, wage economic war and dismantle the EU.
Saying that English nationalism is a “fable” in relation to Brexit is just not true. – Yours, etc,
ANTHONY LEAVY,
Sutton,
Dublin 13.
