WITH all due respect to Christopher Fox-Walker, his views on Parliamentary sovereignty and international relations belong to the 17th Century, not the 21st.

Trade between nations is no longer governed by Parliament and enforced by naval power.

E-commerce, international banking, multinational corporations and global trade, whatever your views on them, are a reality and mean individual nations and governments have far less power than they did even 50 years ago, let alone 300.

Physical border controls mean little at a time when billions changes hands online every day.

If we are to face up to that reality and ensure that our rights, incomes and living standards are protected, then we need to be part of much bigger groupings in order to do so.

Just as our city cannot stand alone in our regional and national economy, so Britain cannot act alone in a European or global economy.

We are no longer one of the top five economies internationally, so it makes sense to pool some sovereignty in a grouping that has the heft to challenge the US, China, multinationals and other players.

That grouping exists and is the European Union. It is in our national interest to remain in it, to shape it and help lead it.

Leaving will not “put control back in the hands of Parliament”.

In fact quite the opposite, it will put control into the hands of unelected boardrooms, shareholders and business people who will put their global market interests, and not the interests of the British people, first.

We’ve less than a year now to stop this happening.

Councillor Warren Morgan