Patrick Stewart tells Marr his Star Trek and X-Men characters Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier would have voted Remain. Boris dismisses him as “something to do with Star Wars” and says:

We’ve already had ‘The People’s Vote’, says @BorisJohnson. “We’re now trying to deliver on that mandate from the people,” he says in response to calls for a second EU referendum. pic.twitter.com/0TUiib4Ary

— BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) April 15, 2018

“We’ll be able boldly go again to areas that perhaps we’ve neglected…”

Leave message: Liam Fox says EU migration causes intense pressure on housing.

Remain message: Patrick Stewart doesn’t want postwar Europe to unravel.

Cut through: Corbyn finally joins the In campaign, mixed results.

Leave social media count: 443,227 likes, 49,283 followers.

Remain social media count: 448,263 likes, 32,622 followers.

Odds: Remain 1/3, Leave between 11/4

Latest poll: Remain 41%, Leave 41% (YouGov, online). Poll of Polls is now Remain 51%, Leave 49%.

Dr Philippa Whitford has raised the Vulcan salute in the Commons today during a backbench debate on space policy and the industry. The SNP MP closed her remarks by urging the Minister to “please be imaginative, enable this industry across, the entire UK so that it can live long and prosper”. Guido doesn’t know why she needs to debate the issue when she could simply perform a Vulcan mind meld to convince the Minister…

Star Trek fans are shatnering themselves at the prospect of getting their vulcanized mitts on a fully functional replica of the Communicator that has just been announced by geek-tech specialists The Wand Co. Based on structured-light 3D scans taken from the original prop, the replica communicator pairs with your phone over Bluetooth to become a handsfree set.

Yours for only $149.95. Huch ‘ar DaneH?