FROM what I read in the papers and see on television I do not think that the Tory or Labour parties would like us to leave Europe.

They have to say they do because that is what the people voted for.

How about this for a prediction?

After two years of negotiation they will return with a rubbish deal which will give them reason to say: “This is not what we really wanted but is the best we could get and we now leave it up to the electorate to decide.”

There will be a second referendum and the result will be to stay in Europe, which is what the politicians wanted in the first place. I could be wrong, my predictions usually are.

Malcolm Neesam, Thirsk