Whatever your opinions on Brexit, there is one thing we can all agree on: it has had more than its fair share of farce and absurdity – and we're not just talking about Boris' hair.

Take this week. Dover created its own traffic jam of 87 lorries in a bid to work out how to deal with a logjam of 5,000 or so. Only the Brits could judge that the best way of preparing themselves for a national emergency would be to form an orderly queue.