SIR, – Just over two weeks ago we were all being warned by Chancellor George Osborne that if we voted for Brexit millions of jobs might be lost, we would all be £4300 per year worse off, world trade would vanish, we would be left isolated, the stock market would crash and all the rest.
Fortunately few listened to ‘Project Fear’ and the majority voted to leave the EU.
The truth is that stock markets have fallen, but not the British one which is now above the levels it was at on June 23; at least 15 countries are flocking to trade with us and, in many cases, with much better deals than we could have obtained inside the EU; ties with the Commonwealth are already strengthened and renewed. Far from a disaster, Brexit has so far proved to be as good as the supporters promised.
One major fear was what of the vital banking industry, threatening to pull out of the UK and move to the EU?
Despite putting more than £1.5 million into the ‘Remain’ campaign, three major financial institutions have now declared that they will not be leaving the UK, these being Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, all of which have pledged to ensure that “the city of London remains the world’s dominant financial centre” because “Britain is one of the most attractive places in the world in which to do business”.
The EU is rolling out the red carpet in attempts to attract these financial giants to them, but with both the French and German stock markets in trouble, the disaster of the euro currency and all the problems in southern Europe it will not be enough to tempt them away.
All that’s needed now, and daily the need grows more urgent, is for Theresa May to trigger Article 50 and get us out as fast as possible so that our genuine recovery can begin.

Gordon J Stewart
The Schoolhouse
Mackenzie Place
Avoch