IF I were to resign my membership of the local bowls club and express a wish to retain the use of my locker and play for free, I would be laughed off the premises.

An analogy yes, but relevant to the Brexit fiasco.

Only a fool believes that we can leave the EU and have free access to the single market, without the free movement of labour that serves it.

The 27 member states are not going to be generous in exit negotiations. Tariff-free deals are off the agenda, a price to be paid for giving up full membership.

While the pound plummets in value, Theresa May obsesses about immigration and disdains a trading bloc of 500 million people.

Still, it will be consolation to her that as recession arrives, migrant workers will depart.

Dave Barker, Fern Close, Huntington, York