I don't know where Mick Venour (Letters, December 16) gets his information from but his mathematics is appalling.

budget is £5,200 million, as he

claims, it is equivalent to each

£87 a year to the EU budget.

for which we get peace, prosperity,

jobs, cheaper prices

health and safety at work.

total tax bill) while, for comparison,

the NHS takes up 15

have us believe.

he learns basic maths first.

Louise Martin

-Clermont Terrace, Brighton