Former Sun editor, Kelvin MacKenzie, says he’ll stand against David Davis: “…the Sun has always been up for 42 days, or perhaps even 420 days, frankly.” There, in a single spasticated grunt, exactly why this is so wrong. “What Magick could me thus confine” – it’s magic thinking, this 42 day extension, that somehow our collective “freedom” is protected by a more powerful, less answerable state; it is the magic of CCTV, leeches on the skin of a rotting leg, Katherine Mansfield dying in French cowfarts – the magic of “we know best”. It’s the scene in Top Secret! where a patient in an asylum is being beaten by staff, while the staff keep saying “it’s for your own good… for your own good.” I feel socked to the head and stupid. That’s why it’s so refreshing to hear a bit of personal conviction from David Davis: “and we’re in politics hopefully, and virtually in all cases, for reasons of principle.” You hope. But there’s no nice coffee up this end of Bethnal Green Road. I may go for a nap instead. What were we talking about? Maybe I need some bacon.