But to the blame game… You can’t blame Giscard for the original draft, and he generally kept his mouth shut during the referendum campaign. Wallström is well meaning but not immensely effective and – above all – she’s both human and reasonably professional. She would not have been as crude as McCreevy. As for Ganley – well, there’s no blame as such as far as I’m concerned. He helped the No side to win. I’m pointing the finger at the Yes side that was defeated.

Essentially, as I see it, something has to give at EU level. Someone, somewhere has to bear some consequences for the No vote, and it has to be personal. In national politics people carry the can if things go wrong. So it must be at EU level.