Children’s author Philip Pullman has fallen off the deep end this morning by suggesting he fantasises about lynching the Prime Minister. And over 1,000 nice Remainers liked it…

When I hear the name ‘Boris Johnson’, for some reason the words ‘rope’ and ‘nearest lamp-post’ come to mind as well.

— Philip Pullman (@PhilipPullman) August 29, 2019

Perhaps he believes a senior police officer should now comment on his own words…

The BBC should have had a senior police officer on to comment. I don’t suppose they did.

— Philip Pullman (@PhilipPullman) April 12, 2019