“Turkeys,” they say, “don’t vote for Christmas.”  That may come as news to the Flatulent Leader, because he is keen to assure us that all he is doing is implementing the Brexit we voted for.  We didn’t and he isn’t.

One thing I am confident was not the motivation for most Brexit voters was a desire to become poorer.  But that is exactly what will happen.   Having been assured that trade will continue unimpeded by the biggest con-trick in British history, it comes as no a surprise to learn that customs checks, import duties and paperwork and goodness knows what other obstacles will soon be in place on cross channel imports.

Let me be crystal clear: the Johnson government is creating barriers to trade with the biggest free trade area on the planet in order to try and increase trade with alternative, and smaller, markets.   While we were members of the EU there was no obstacle to trade with, let us say, China – Germany exports far more than we do.

When prices go up – which is as sure as eggs is eggs – we will be told it is due to European intransigence.  That will be a lie.