BY 10pm on Thursday, the touting for votes and the propaganda will all be over, to the relief of many of us, no doubt.

It’s a terrible shame that there has been so little room for any acknowledgement of what the EU still represents across almost an entire continent that had previously been at war with itself since before any of the states it currently comprises came into being.

But after decades of hostility and misinformation from much of our national press, it’s a bit late to start now. If it’s not to hang entirely on the rage of the Leavers, the vote must depend on the economy.

As it’s the Leavers who are wanting us to take a risk on change, it’s up to them to show that we will be better off out. They haven’t managed to do that.

Nigel Farage admitted this when he said: “It’s not about GDP.”

So they’ve decided to focus on immigration, about which they have been as dishonest as they have with their other arguments, but they know that enough voters are worried about it to make a difference to Thursday’s outcome.

Very few economists, no independent bodies and not one of our allies think that Brexit would be a good idea. Whatever the Leave campaigners say, it really would be a step in the dark.

There’s an old English expression for this kind of thing. It’s called “cutting off your nose to spite your face”.

Chris Walker-Lyne, Millfield Road, York