Maybe I was too hasty in my criticism of Sarah Wollaston’s lack of awareness of the employment opportunities that leaving the EU offers to us in south Devon.

Our MP’s intransigence and our Prime Minister’s dithering have led to the UK Independence Party head office in Newton Abbot recruiting new staff to handle a flood of new members’ applications.

If this was Sarah’s plan to boost local employment, it’s working like a dream.

Ceri Jayes

Chairman, Totnes branch UKIP