Stephen Hawking’s pre-referendum plea for Britain to stay in the European Union

But as the insufferable Michael Gove notoriously said, who cares what the experts think? “People in this country have had enough of experts,” he said before the vote.

It’s a sad, mad, bad and crazy world when Stephen Hawking’s considered opinion on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union is equal to, or counts for less than, that of a beer-swilling semi-literate who votes Leave to get the Polish vermin out, or the otherwise sensible-looking middle-aged woman in the Sky News studio discussion yesterday night who said that she voted Leave because it takes months to get an appointment with the NHS.

Post-factual society? We’re through the looking-glass and down the rabbit hole.