People will see this case as a proxy for their own imagined future humiliation at the hands of bureaucrats and feel a cathartic anger.

Farage’s worst enemies once knew him as the big bad Brexit maker, now they know him as a fool.

‘Of course, human rights concerns – in conjunction with international law – must be addressed, but what is interestingly taking place here is a British anxiety attack; an anxiety which comes from a loss of control.’

The clock is ticking, Mr Johnson, the Brexit Party are not the Conservative Party-Lite and they will not simply stand aside after so many betrayals.

Perhaps the Brexit Party leadership have read my article in Bournbrook’s latest issue on how best to tackle bias in the media.