Led by establishment millionaires like Rees-Mogg, Lawson, Fox and Farage, eager Brexiteers want the UK to abandon our existing trade agreements with 105 countries around the world, and rely instead on World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules to propel us towards a plucky new British Empire.

Since Brexit’s architects won’t tell you this, let us look at how many nations in the world rely exclusively on WTO rules to conduct international trade.

First there is Mauritania – GDP of $4.7 million (0.02 per cent of UK GDP) and then … er … that’s it.

So Brexiteers want us to abandon all our trade deals in order to become like Mauritania, a nation where it is estimated that around 10 per cent of the population live in slavery and where 50 per cent of its exports are iron ore.

It isn’t only me worrying: the British Medical Association, the country’s major trades unions, road hauliers, the CBI, the nation’s academics, the vast majority of our MPs, the UN, the IMF, and all our major charities are as worried as I am. To believe that all these people are lying is as potty as believing that Elvis is living on the Moon. Is Brexit a cult?

Christian Vassie,

Blake Court, Wheldrake, York