ON the specific issue of Britain’s membership of the EU, the people have spoken.

In line with the views I have held on this subject for about 20 years I voted Remain.

However I completely respect the result. Furthermore, I have no interest whatsoever in the British people being asked to vote on this matter again.

I don’t particularly fear with dread the prospects of Britain existing outside the EU.

What does concern me is not having a fair vote on future issues.

As one of David Mowat’s current constituents, my vote is very valuable in the Warrington South Constituency, provided I vote Conservative or Labour.

However a boundary change which could see me voting in the neighbouring safe Labour constituency of Warrington North would render my vote as totally meaningless.

The state of democracy in this country is appalling. There are two petitions to Parliament which are currently running, and which have both passed the 100,000 threshold to trigger a parliamentary debate.

One of these petitions concerns replacing the House of Lords with a democratically elected public body, while the other concerns introducing proportional representation elections to the House of Commons.

Regardless of how people voted in the EU Referendum last year, what happens next needs to see people better engaged in the political process.

We need no more unelected peers having a say on the country’s important issues.

On the question of changing the House of Commons voting system, it is not a left versus right issue.

It is one of simple fairness, and ensuring that as with the EU Referendum, that every vote should count.

ANDY J WATSON Warrington