I was just explaining to an American that there used to be this comedian called Angus Deayton who had a quiz show. Then he was caught with a hooker and got fired, and Boris Johnsons took over as quiz-show host. And that was how he became famous, and now the tit is running our capital city.

Deayton, a comedian, single-handedly caused the whole disaster. He and the voters.

Instead of Cleopatra’s Nose, future historians will talk about how it was Deayton’s Knob that altered the course of history.