And so it came to pass that the Strong and Stable One turned out not to have such great judgement after all, and that the more the British electorate saw of her, the less they liked what they saw. If Theresa May has one achievement, it is this: she made the hitherto unelectable Jeremy Corbyn look electable; she gave him credibility; in this she rather resembles that other failure, Hillary Clinton, who made Trump electable. Remember her?

While Mrs Clinton soon retired into the background after her defeat, Mrs May will be forced to stick around for a few weeks, simply because the country must be governed, and the Conservatives are the largest party, and they are in no mood for a leadership election just yet. That will come later, but must wait for now. When it comes, I think it might be done with the minimum of fuss. A single candidate will emerge, and a seamless transition of power will occur, with the new Prime Minister going up to Balmoral to kiss hands, sometime in the late summer.