AFTER reading the letter in the Journal from Mr Parr, I felt the need to reply as it appears that I was correct in my original judgement that he is nave and "does not have his facts right".

Mr Parr wrote that of our international trade 35-40 percent of it is with the European Union. However according to the Office for National Statistics, in 2001 53 per cent of the UK's export trade in goods and services and 52 per cent of its import trade was with fellow members of the European Union; and I suspect that these figures will not have altered too much and the EU is still our largest trading partner, as I confirmed in my previous letter.

Anyone who looks at these figures and realistically thinks about Britain's membership in the European Union will realise that if Britain was to cease membership we would be worse off considering that the EU is our largest trading partner. Surely Mr Parr realises that Britain is best remaining in the EU, considering that they are our largest international trading partner?

After considering the views expressed in his two previous letters, I come to the conclusion that Mr Parr has somewhat right-wing views, and only cares about how Britain can benefit, not how others can also benefit. By saying this I also suspect that he would favour economic-migrants over genuine asylum seekers simply because they can benefit the UK economy and generate wealth.

Finally I would like to reiterate my comments about Mr Parr not "making an effort to get his facts right" - I think that my comments here and in my previous letter illustrate this.

BRADLEY THOMAS, Blakenhurst, Harvington.