Of course it was the right idea, Nigel, it was the right message, done in the right way.

If he could do the same for all the other issues facing him he could even become a good prime minister. Getting one thing right out of the hundreds of lies hardly qualifies him as a paragon of virtue though does it?

Has anyone else noticed that vaccinations have become the new antisemitism? A couple of years ago if anyone said anything against the Tories it was "Look! Labour antisemitism!" Now if anyone mentions the crashing economy, Brexit failures, destruction of the NHS or government sleaze the only response is to change the subject to the vaccination program. It is undoubtedly good but it doesn't excuse all the other damage.