CLAIRE Perry has quite a skewed view of sovereignty, and in her article seems quite at ease at the erosion of it when it comes to the EU. I can’t argue with her description of deals done on the world stage that appear to cede sovereignty freely.

What she fails to mention is that many of these deals were made by the UK government, with the tacit permission of the UK electorate.

Should the UK electorate disagree with such deals proposed by our government, then they either take into account our wishes or run the risk of no longer being the UK government at the next election.

This, more than anything, is what the whole EU debate revolves around. Claire Perry, as with all the remainers, fails to address exactly how we stop further erosion of sovereignty by decisions made by the EU Commission.

This is a totally unelected body that has greater powers than the actual EU parliament. In theory it is controlled by the council of ministers, but they usually get their way.

It is a stated aim of the EU to have greater powers over taxation, further eroding our sovereignty.

Claire Perry by her actions and by her own words appears to have no faith in the UK’s ability to make their own way in the world.

According to her leader, who she backs in the matter of the EU, should we leave we will sink on the international stage without trace, we will suffer isolation and we will cause war within Europe and probably the rest of the world.

Sovereignty to me means that I can sack the government, through the ballot box, that fails to protect the UK as an independent nation. I cannot do this with the EU.

I can sack corrupt politicians, through the ballot box, who squander public money, I cannot do this with the EU commission.

Claire Perry’s description of sovereignty ignores the influence of the people. Her party has had to backtrack on education policy, and benefits recently due to the views and pressure brought onto them by the UK people.

Stay in the EU and the more sovereignty we cede to the EU, the less power the electorate will have to stop bad regulation. If Claire Perry can counter that argument then she might even win me over, but that’s a very remote possibility.

ANDREW CARR, Brickley Lane, Devizes