Playing politics for laughs

Sir, – Everyone is understandably concerned about the way Brexit is being handled by our elected leaders and especially our severely weakened prime minister.

The country is looking for someone to take some decisive steps to break the seeming deadlock.

Time to call in the A-team. Anyone who watches comedy shows on the television will realise that all our comedians know exactly what is being done wrong.

Their confidence is very reassuring and it is common knowledge that celebrities are more intelligent than average.

My suggestion is that we co-opt Nish Kumar as prime minister and the cast of Mock the Week as cabinet ministers.

If we can free them from their television obligations after Christmas so they can devote all their time to the task I think Brexit would be over within a month, one way or another, made easy by the fact that they would not be bound by the democratic wishes of the people.

After we leave or stay they would, of course, be able to return to their day jobs and, if things don’t turn out to be the Utopian future they planned, make lots of money criticising me for allowing them to dabble in something they didn’t really know about.

I’m sure, however, that we all will happily put our trust in them. Yes? Ken Greenaway. Torr of Kedlock, Cupar.