ACHIEVING Brexit by itself will mean little if we keep the pro EU ‘main parties’ in power.

My guess is that if David Cameron or Jeremy Corbyn are in government after June then this country will be heading straight back towards EU membership, but on far worse terms than at present.

Under red or blue, by the end of 2017 or early 2018 at the latest, I believe our government will be opening negotiations with the EU but (we will be assured) ‘on far more favourable terms than we had before’.

In truth they will be many times worse than present as Brussels punishes us for daring to defy their ‘authority’.

If we vote ‘in’ on June 23 we will also be in trouble as the EU raises our contributions, restricts our freedoms still further and generally inflicts serious damage to our nation in an attempt to prevent others from ‘rocking the boat’.

Anyone thinking we can stay in or go back on better or more relaxed terms than we have now are deluding themselves.

The only safe step is for us to vote ‘leave’ and ensure that we have a genuine anti EU body in place to govern this nation.

Naturally I’d like to see UKIP.

But whatever party it is on the government benches must be 100 per cent against EU membership.

Remember, there is no written rule that only the Tory or Labour party can form a government.

I think it fair to suggest that both have, in fact, let this country and the trust of the voters down so badly over the last 45 years that both have forfeited any right to our support.

Of course it is always a mistake to generalise and a few ‘good apples’ remain in the barrel – Dan Hannan, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Dr Liam Fox, Kate Hoey and others prove this by supporting the ‘leave’ campaign.

But in general terms the ‘big, important parties’ have shown themselves to be rotten to the core over the EU, expenses scandals and in other ways over the years.

Given that both ‘main parties’ are basically pro EU and the government will have suffered a major defeat if we vote for Brexit, how can they continue to claim they have the support and trust of the country to govern in our name?

The honourable course would be to step down if we vote ‘leave’ and call a general election immediately.

Peter J Rigby, Goodworth Clatford