We never expected this referendum to be played according to the Laws of Cricket, or indeed to the Queensberry Rules: like most arrogant school bullies, the likes of Messrs Cameron and Osborne will cheat in whatever way is necessary in order to win. So, for example, they enlist other members of the cosy international club whom they meet at Davos every year, or at the Bilderberg meetings, to express solidarity and urge our continued membership of that other cosy, anti-democratic and corrupt club, the European Union. We expected the bombardment of propaganda, and there will be more, both from here and from Europe. But what we should not have to put up with, and what sullies the reputation of this country and the self-respect of its people, is for a question crucial to the liberty and democracy of the United Kingdom to be influenced by third-world abuses of patronage.