I want to blame brexit for everything that brexit can be blamed for, which is quite a lot. But I'm not going to dilute my argument by clutching at straws and jumping on bandwagons. If brexit has helped to nobble Thomas Cook, it's played a very small part only. Thomas Cook appears to have been badly run for many years and with its huge number of high street shops it's been looking like a high street dinosaur for ages. Jet2, one of its biggest and most successful competitors, hasn't got a single shop. As they say over the water, go figure.

Raindog, brexit was definitely to blame when my toasted teacakes got burnt yesterday. Don't try to deny it!