Letters to the Editor
After the referendum
Sir: Like Mr Redmayne and others I have been indulging in post-referendum musings. I am irresistibly reminded of my time with the Control Commission in Germany, from 1945 to 1950. How few people admitted to having supported the Nazi regime; when irrefutable proof could be produced that they had, they would shrug and say "Well, what could I do? It was the state — the 'establishment'; I couldn't do anything about it."
1 forsee a rough parallel, and predict that, in a very short time it will be difficult to find anyone who admits to having voted 'Yes' in the referendum. Those "Keep Britain in Europe" stickers (and, by the way, have you noticed how many appeared in car windows immediately after the'result was known?) will vanish. An enterprising fellow antimarkete.er has suggested that we have printe& ready for sale, some twenty million stickers reading "Don't blame me; I voted `No' ". Our fortune in the near future would be assured! • Incidentally, when acting as an observer at the Earls Court count, I took an empty chair between two women who were wearing the European pigeon badge. One looked at my 'No' sticker and said "Goodness! You don't look like an anti". Why was she so annoyed when I replied "That's strange. You look exactly like a 'Pro' "?
Bee Cart hew 7 Park Road, East Twickenham Middlesex
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