A friend of mine in Miami was wondering this week, in the wake of Trump’s apparent victory, when we would hear that the GOP itself is dropping out of the race! Last night it almost sounded like they were planning to do that, judging by Mitt Romney’s comments! In our parallel European world, a friend of mine on Twitter, quoting the comedian Mark Steel, was wishing the other day that there was some way the EU No campaigners and the Yes campaigners could both lose! We are all getting increasingly desperate.

And there’s more to feed our desperation: according to today’s Guardian, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, “who was supervising [help!] the test-firing of newly developed multiple rocket launchers, said North Korea’s situation had become so perilous that it should have the option of launching a ‘pre-emptive attack’”. Oh, good. We have Kim’s finger on North Korea’s button and we may soon have Trump’s finger on America’s button. Imagine – people thought the Cuban missile crisis was dangerous! Come back Kennedy and Khrushchev, all (no, not quite) is forgiven!

Still, hold on – there’s still Jeremy!