It feels a bit perverse not to mention that there was an election yesterday.  Of course, it already feels as if it was a foregone conclusion – perhaps it was – but there were a few unpredictable aspects of it: the scale of the victory; and what would happen to the other parties, including Reform.

It always felt a touch unpremeditated, as if Sunak had decided on the date without wider consultation only so that his co-workers in 10, Downing Street could go on a flutter in the local betting shop once the date had been decided: a perfect image of the venality and politics of self-interest of recent years.

It will be interesting to see what steps Starmer and Sue Gray take to curb this lack of standards in public life, which they should.