I’m sure I’m not the only one half expecting to wake from this nightmare and it all not be true. But, no, it is real, and we are stuck with Boris Johnson as prime minister, at least for the time being. It must be our aim to make Mr Johnson the shortest serving in British history. George Canning served as prime minister for just 119 days in 1827, so the countdown has begun.

But nothing really changes by sitting back and waiting for history to take its course. Meaningful change always comes from below. If we’re going to beat Boris Johnson, all of us are going to have to take an active role. It will be a community effort, involving MPs in Parliament, certainly, but most importantly, grassroots and trade union campaigners all over the country.

We’ve seen it all from Boris Johnson: racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, a disregard for the victims of historic sexual and physical abuse, and a nostalgia for the bad old days of the Empire. It’s like a parody, except it isn’t funny. What’s remarkable, though, is how his catalogue of poisonous views and attitudes hasn’t prevented him from becoming PM.