WITH regard to Councillor Dave Hollings remarks (Letters, March 15) about the Euro/American banana war, he asserts that, because of this, we should become a part of the European Union 'for all its faults.'

The faults, of course, are fraud and corruption.

He states that the Americans are terrified of the Europeans 'standing together.' What a joke?

The American economy is booming while the European economies are stagnant and have 18 million unemployed!

Why should we join what is plainly a mess?

D BULLEN (Mr), Albany Road, Blackburn.

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