Be careful what you wish for, they say. As this newspaper’s Brexit Editor, I recognise that it is both slightly risky and also a little ungrateful of me to wish that Brexit didn’t colour every political debate in the country. But it appears to me that judging every party, politician and political event through the prism of Brexit and rewarding or punishing them accordingly leaves us – as a nation – open to the dangers of failing to see the whole picture.

Last week’s YouGov poll lent weight to the concerns of senior Conservatives about the party’s standing in London. Even taken with a pinch of salt, it’s hard to disregard the 26 per cent Labour lead across the capital. At this rate, the Tories would lose three of their apparent strongholds in London – Wandsworth, Westminster and Barnet. People appear to be voting in local elections on the basis of national issues and other priorities.