I USED to be a strong supporter of the EU – but no longer.

The EU is now, and has been for some time, a puppet of America.

It formed Nato to encircle the USSR and to set up military bases all over the EU and beyond.

It was obvious during the time of Tony Blair and his slavish fawning of George W Bush which ended up with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The people of our country wanted neither – so much for “democracy”.

We must free ourselves from the US domination of the EU and Nato.

Recently, what has the US to do with the troubles in Ukraine?

We have wrecked Libya, Syria would like to wreck Iran as well.

We watched Egypt become a military dictatorship with little or no comment.

We would destroy West Bank and Lebanon if we could get away with it.

The disastrous US Middle East policies – with the UK on their coat-tails – has seen the rise of al Qaida.

Nearer to home witnessing the almost irreversible flow of migrants into the UK I will now vote for Ukip as the only option to free ourselves from US and EU domination.

A song in the film Grease said “Everything is free in America”

– substitute the UK for America and you’ve got it right, at least as far as migrants from Romania are concerned.

Our hands are apparently tied by the EU so it is now time to be free and govern ourselves.

I cannot let this chance pass to condemn the West’s callous disregard about the disaster in Syria.

We conspired with the rebels to overthrow President Assad – a dictator yes, but many churchmen are now ashamed of what we have caused in Syria.

The details are too gruesome to mention.

Hugh Pender, Darlington.