Farewell, the People’s Vote campaign. Of course it has been fascinating watching the old gang — Tony Blair, the PR guru Roland Rudd and assorted New Labour spin-doctors — show off on their reunion tour. But all things, no matter how entertaining, reach their natural end. Their second referendum show is all but over.

Why do I say that? One should never rule these things out entirely, but what air was in the People’s Vote balloon has escaped in the past month. Last week depressed pro-Remain MPs failed to organise sufficient backing to put down an amendment in the Commons. The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to help, because he is a Brexiteer and always has been.

That being the cold hard reality, Remain-leaning activists