Not one to miss an opportunity to wave the saltire and celebrate a Scottish success story, Nicola Sturgeon - the first minister - quickly joined in the party on Twitter.

“We’ve all had a very significant shock to our economic system because of Covid-19 – the last thing we need now across all of our respective economies is a second major shock.”

“I’m worried Kent is becoming the toilet of England, not the garden of England. And we’re all braced for it getting much much worse.”

The report said that “the processes, if not the outcomes, let women down” - and recommended that the BBC put in place improvements to rebuild trust.

Dr Gammons follows in the illustrious footsteps of former UKIP leader Dick Braine, who briefly helmed the party before resigning, believing that it was “on its last legs”.

Accusing Sir Keir Starmer of “outright assault on the Left”, Williamson said it was “time to accelerate efforts to create a genuinely anti-imperialist, socialist party”. Does it matter?

During an exchange on the Union and the prospect of a second independence referendum, Dr Philippa Whitford asked Alister Jack, the Scotland secretary, whether he believes “the best recipe for a happy marriage is to lock up the wife, take away her chequebook and just keep refusing a divorce?”

Not for the first time, the Conservatives find that their own self-interest and a principle of good governance coincide.

“I do what I’m told. The Holy Father put me here and he tells me to stay here – that’s enough for me.”