SIR – David Cameron’s ‘renegotiation’ on our future relationship with the European Union has now been confirmed as a sham.
So unambitious were the goals he set out in Chatham House on Tuesday, the criticism he drew from his own backbenchers (“Pretty thin gruel” – Jacob Rees-Mogg) was, if anything, understated.
To paraphrase his ambitions, Cameron wants:   
l the UK to maintain the freedom of movement of all peoples within the EU and therefore into this country
l to stay within the EU Single Market, which has a dwindling share of global trade
l to maintain the steady loss of British competitiveness under European directives
l  for the UK to be a net contributor to the EU and to see further loss of sovereignty
 In summary, painting the picture of a British ‘third way,’ Cameron wishes to maintain the status quo.
Like the fervent Europhile he is, the prime minister will seek to dress up his renegotiations as a victory, rather like Harold Wilson did for the 1975 referendum.
For those who know a little about the EU project, it is clear that there can be no treaty change, and therefore no significant renegotiation.
Come the referendum, let us hope the ‘IN’ campaign have the courage to conduct their campaign with honesty, and cease to lie about us being worse off outside the political union.
Let’s be clear; Cameron and his ilk think we have to remain in the EU because we’re not good enough to govern ourselves.
JAMES GOAD
UKIP Worcester 

Norway is a land of equality and unions
SIR – So Francis Lankester (Letters, November 4) wants this country to be like Norway. Well, I am all in favour of that. After all, the Norwegians are very happy people, according to the United Nations; nearly as happy as the Danes, who regularly come top in the UN annual survey.
  His conversion to the mixed economy using the Nordic model shows great sense. The welfare state in Norway can be described as ‘universalist’ in that it embraces everybody, rich and poor. It ticks all the important boxes like greater equality, social mobility and high trade union membership, which is supported by government and employers alike because that is how they arrange their industrial relations and solve disputes. None of this ‘private good, public bad’ attitude you get here. 
 I could go on about smaller school class sizes, free education from nursery to university, and keeping up housing, health transport and educational provision to accommodate a higher per capita level of immigration than this country. 
 Somehow, I don’t think the anti-EU rogues’ gallery of UKIP and assorted hard-right Tories have it in mind to leave the EU and then build a Scandinavian society like Norway’s. 
I think they expect a neo-liberal independent UK to function outside the EU and not have to sign up to 90 per cent of EU regulation as Norway does, without having any say in how the EU is run.
 Glad you have got the message, Mr Lankester.
PETER NIELSEN
Worcester
l Editor's note: Due to a glitch, this letter appeared yesterday under the wrong headline. We apologise for the error

Millionaires don’t care about those in despair
Sir – I’ve read the comments on immigrants and cuts and national job losses and it inspired my poem, which is called CUTS:-
Tories 
Made-up stories 
Of your future wealth and hope and glory 
Lies 
Old school ties 
Expenses that they needlessly falsify 
Work 
If you don’t you shirk
When you are disabled you’re just a jerk 
Stealth 
Ill health 
“We’ll simply buy ourselves better with our vast wealth”. 
Buffoon 
Born with a silver spoon 
They’re busy counting their ancestors’ doubloons.
Smile 
His home’s a country pile 
With room to hunt and fish and entertain a while.
Education 
Don’t burden the nation 
Pay for a school which has a strict matron.
Transport 
Less income support 
Too many children, you should simply abort.
Old 
Get sick, your home gets sold 
Lifetime of paying taxes, you’re robbed twofold .
Purgatory 
For refugees who flee 
Who gives a damn, it’s them not me?
Us 
The poorest populus 
Should vanish because we’re of no use.
Community 
That’s you and me 
Something that they don’t want to be.
Care 
They wouldn’t dare 
They’re far too busy being a millionaire.
Cuts 
If it doesn’t affect them it’s a must 
They won’t sack the chauffeur to catch the bus. 
CLAIRE BADSEY 
Worcester

Old postage stamps can be put to good use
SIR – I am appealing for used postage stamps which help me raise funds which I then donate to the Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Recycling used postage stamps is such an easy way to raise money for the charity and I am always in need of all types of postage stamps, including British, foreign and Christmas stamps.
If you are able to help I would be grateful if you could cut the stamps from their envelopes (leaving a 1cm margin around the stamp).
Please thensend them to the address below. 
Thank you,    
MYRNA CHAVE
PO Box 91
Virginia Water
Surrey
GU25 9AR
stamps4gdftb@live.co.uk


Claims about trading with US are garbage
SIR – This will be something the pro-Euro brigade will not want you to read... British exports to Europe DOWN 2.1per cent, sales to the  rest of the world UP 6.8 per cent.
This week’s official figures shows a dramatic return in our trading patterns, which has huge implications for the EU referendum debate.
The more facts we read, the more it becomes apparent that an independent Britain could prosper outside the EU. There are massive markets to crack like China, India and Brazil. 
That the Americans insist they want us to remain in the EU to do business with us is total garbage. Their senior politicians have stated they would be prepared to forge a separate arrangement for Britain, as so has Brussels, which already does business with 17 non-EU countries.
GB DIPPER
Leominster