Did the Remain alliance leak the Yellowhammer dossier to ramp up Project Fear and frustrate the will of the people? “Downing Street sources” say so. That the business of British government and politics now sounds like the blurb of a bad spy thriller says much about the times we live in, and about the people in charge.

I have no idea who leaked that Whitehall paper projecting the immediate consequences of a no-deal Brexit. I do know that the people driving Britain towards such an exit are perfectly happy for politicians, journalists and voters to be talking about blocked ports, interrupted medical supplies and a shortage of lettuce. Confected fury in No 10 about the leaker’s attempted sabotage masks satisfaction that the people