As Theresa May forms a minority government and our Brexit negotiations finally begin, one very important issue has completely disappeared from view.

The Leave campaign would not have won were it not for the vital issue of taking back control of our borders and stopping the free movement of people. Just last week, the Office of National Statistics issued some figures for the UK’s population growth last year. They went largely ignored despite immigration consistently being the top issue for the British public over the last few years.

The figures were truly astonishing and showed the population grew by 538,000 in the year ending 2016. Despite these amazing figures, the BBC made virtually no mention of them and absolutely nobody in what is seen as ‘mainstream’ politics offered the opinion that these numbers might cause a problem. It was pretty much radio silence.

That is because no one dares to touch this subject. To even discuss immigration goes against their politically correct view of what a nice place the world should be. In many ways, the reason this story has not featured is the decline in the UKIP vote and its influence on political debate in this country.