It seems an unlikely prospect but should Theresa May soon visit Grimethorpe she would do well to steer clear of the White City Chippy.

Charmaine Patton wants to “put her in a box and ship her as far away as possible”. Another customer suggests “burning her at the stake”.

Folk in this former coalmining village, six miles from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, are not particularly fond of politicians. The prime minister symbolises another country, one occupied by southern, scheming, wealthy elites who all “p*** in the same pot”. To mention Brexit is to venture into explosive territory.

Grimethorpe, a pit village near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, has suffered since the closure of its colliery in 1993 ANDREW MCCAREN FOR THE TIMES

In the summer of 2016, 71 per cent of voters in a cluster of former pit communities that form the parliamentary constituency of Barnsley East voted to leave the