ONCE again, it almost seems a dereliction of duty to restrict this column to my cultural activities, given the momentous events taking place in Britain right now.

But I am fully aware they are covered elsewhere in the Star and if you want to read my singular take on events you can do so in my regular blog at facebook.com/attilathestockbroker.

However, as someone who opposed the far right in the 1980s and has been on the receiving end of fascist violence, I have to say this. The most poisonous thing about Johnson’s disgusting, hate-filled “surrender and betrayal” rhetoric is that he doesn’t actually believe it himself.