THE vote to leave the EU will be followed by lower wages and worsening working conditions, terrorising of hardworking immigrants, fracking across North Yorkshire, sky-rocketing air and water pollution, closure of companies and loss of jobs.

Young people will no longer have the readily available opportunity to expand their horizons by studying and working in other European countries.

Universities will lose millions in EU funding and will see an exodus of the most talented academics.

I trust those who voted to Leave will not complain when their dreams are shattered.

Far from the Leave vote “repatriating” control, it has set off a wave of uncertainty and anxiety that will last a lifetime or more.

Sadly, “Little England” has simply served to ensure that Britain will not be “Great” again.

Jean McKendree, Westow

Be a Great Britain

IT WILL be hard to begin with, but we have got our democracy and sovereignty back.

Had it been just for trade only, things might have been different, but the EEC still wants to tell us what we can and can’t do, that is not democratic.

We had fought for our freedom before in those dark days of the 1940s. Now we have got it back.

We all need to make the most of it for the better, so that we can once more be a Great Britain.

Jarvis Browning, Fadmoor

Very concerned

AS MEMBERS of the “older generation”, we would like to completely disassociate ourselves with the views of the EU referendum expressed by Graham Davies (Gazette, June 29).

We don’t know Mr Davies and to our knowledge have never met him.

We know many good and forward thinking people of all ages who are deeply concerned by the outcome of the vote.

We hope that Graham Davies doesn’t come to regret his decision and that the future of his children and grandchildren aren’t jeopardised by his choice of vote.

Jean and Andrew Clark, Wrelton

The blame game

ALEX Tate-Smith firmly blames the “older generation” for the outcome of the referendum on EU membership.

Perhaps a reference to the demographics of the referendum would have been wise before initiating a blame game.

Only 36 per cent of the age group 18-24 (Tate-Smith is 22) took the trouble to vote, compared to 83 per cent of the 65+ group (Sky Data @SkyData).

Almost certainly if another 47 per cent of the younger group had bothered to vote, we would still be the EU.

Also because of this gulf in votes cast, I strongly suspect that many more old codgers voted Remain than did those in the younger age group.

T Austin, Pickering

Successful event

RYEDALE Carers Support had another successful raffle in May and June which raised an amazing £982 for charity.

Many thanks to The Forest and Vale Hotel, Flamingo Land, The Queen’s Head in Amotherby, Eden Camp, Wolds Way Lavender, Ryedale Folk Museum, the Palace Cinema at Malton, Essential Health and Beauty by Nicola Atkinson, Castle Howard, Scampston Walled Garden, Dalby Forest, The National Trust at Nunnington Hall and Rievaulx Terrace, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Beck Isle Museum, The White Swan in Pickering, Helmsley Arts Centre and Deventio Wine in Malton.

Thanks also to Morrisons in Malton and the Co-op in Pickering who let us sell raffle tickets and to the carers and volunteers who helped make it such a successful event.

The lucky winners were John Hurd, Sheila Miller, Pat Hanby, A Thompson, Mrs Harkness, Mrs V Howard, Alex Steele, Olive Birkett, Sam Williams, Liz Wilkinson, Michelle Parker, Joanne Peel, Jean Kershaw, Mrs Mynot, Mrs Hutchinson, Alan Hume, Mr Craven, Mr R Rushworth, Rona Ashworth and Martyn Steele.

Claire Hall, Annette Major and Carol Stevens, Ryedale Carers Support