he leave campaign must be able to offer reassurance

While their own understanding of the issues and concepts is equally shallow, they have gleaned just enough from the surface of the debate that Brexit might just be a little bit more complex than wishing away regulations and dreaming up free trade agreements at the stroke of a pen. Any undecided voters will be smart enough to realise that Boris Johnson is a buffoon and though reportedly a likeable figure, there is no substance to his bombastic waffle.

It is as I have said from the beginning. If we are to leave the EU, the leave campaign must be able to offer reassurance, credible answers, and achievable plan and a vision that makes it worthwhile. By every single measure Boris Johnson has failed utterly. Nothing he has said will withstand scrutiny and it will take the media less than a day to take him to pieces and will spend the rest of the campaign rubbing that in our faces.

This is all because the political class think they know everything and won't be told anything. And if you want to stay in the EU, this is nothing for you to celebrate - because Johnson is not alone. He is merely an ambassador for the politico-media class. He exemplifies everything that is wrong with British politics - and such people will continue govern us for a time to come.

Only comprehensive democratic reform and a revolution in governance can change this dynamic, and Brexit is the catalyst for it. Effectively, a vote to remain is a vote for fools like Boris Johnson. It is a vote of confidence in them. So as much as this is a bleak day for the leave campaign - it is also a bleak day for what is left of our so-called democracy.