Those of us that remember with joy, either by having seen the original TV screenings and/or the repeats, of those many times in Dad’s Army when Corporal Jones exclaimed the words *Don’t panic, Captain Mainwaring!” will have appreciated that they would not have calmed the situation.

PM Boris Johnson’s latest cabinet reshuffle was pretty dramatic and the media made the most of the narrative of triumphant victories and humiliating defeats that they frequently use on these occasions.