Guido has no choice but to award the Order of the OTT to Conor Gearty, professor of human rights law at the London School of Economics, who thinks Brexit is “our Vietnam”. The professor compares the democratic vote to leave the European Union to the bloody Vietnam War as he writes:

“Brexit strikes me as our Vietnam. Everybody rational knows it is – how can I put it politely? – not going well. But no one with authority seems able to say so.”

He goes on to compare Brexit to human rights abuses in Vietnam, conceding: “If any deaths, ill-health or misery are caused by Brexit it will prove perhaps harder to gauge”. Perhaps someone should remind the nutty professor that the Vietnam War cost 1,353,000 lives. Just Hanoi-ing…

Guido has had the chance to ask John McDonnell, a hardline Eurosceptic, why he is selling out on his principles and backing Remain. You can tell by the withering answer and look on his face that toeing the line pains him:

“I’m old enough to have voted in the last referendum, and I voted not to stay in… I’ve been somewhat anxious about the way Europe has gone since… I’ve been convinced of the need to Remain within, in terms of jobs and commitments, and also the internationalist approach that we have tried to develop as a party, in terms of working cooperatively with others across Europe and elsewhere in the globe. But I do see the need for a reform agenda, and that’s the good thing about the EU debate now: it will enable us to bring forward a reform agenda… I’m trying to be as honest as I can.”

The “honest” answer is that he believes we should Leave…