An astonishing moment on Radio 4 as Cameron defines the “consummate politician” as someone who fiddles his expenses and has his wife on the payroll. I had felt this myself for some time, but never expected to hear Dave say it.

Politicians are getting odder – and more like clerical fanatics – every day.

The year before last, an Iranian mullah blamed women wearing short skirts for an earthquake. Now the PM thinks being seen drinking beer in a pub causes them. It is the new Puritanism, I tell you.

But then, earlier this year Nigel Farage insisted that supra-national States cause floods, and some time later one of his own candidates said homosexuals were to blame. It’s good to see a broad church allowing for spectra of opinion, but on the floods thing, it did emerge that Nigel himself could be implicated.

So then, it’s time to Have Your Say:

Are floods caused by :

1. Sexual inversion

2. Brussels sprouts

3. Lazy buggers who don’t turn up to vote

4. The rain

5. Hebrew Gods

Late Flash: Pickles cause earthquakes when they fall over