Sir - Stuart Skyte (Letters, November 16) has drawn two incorrect conclusions about my letter about declining work ethic in this country; that 1: I have no idea what's going on in the real world outside the inward looking UK 2: I ascribe Britain's lack of work to our joining the European Union.
As I have business contacts and friends in the Middle and Far East as well as Europe and South America I cannot avoid looking outward and frequently enjoy the views to those at home. If Stuart had read and digested my entire letter he would also realise that I did not blame our low work ethic on joining the EC. I simply proposed that getting out of this heavily left wing, dogma ridden, politically correct, corrupt and lazy organisation might kick start our own lazy politicians, and the rest of society, into working a damn sight harder a little more live to work rather than the current work - occasionally - to live society.
Ironic that John Hogg (Letters, Oxford Mail, October 20) suggests that the last two sentences of any printed letter could be anything because responders tend to ignore them anyway before commenting.
Mr Skyte, apparently, proves the opposite, by only ingesting the last two sentences and ignoring the rest.
Michael Heavey, Old Marston
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