Justin Welby and John Sentamu said "we all have a responsibility to speak accurately, to challenge falsehoods when we hear them".

This has turned out to be an “asymmetric election” where Jeremy Corbyn does not need to win a majority but Boris Johnson does.

Mr Corbyn was seen as more trustworthy, more likeable and more in touch with ordinary people by undecided voters than by the electorate as a whole.

More than two-fifths prefer to buy British regardless of what the price tag says, with half doing so for environmental reasons.

The Royle Family star changed his account to "the Conservative Press Orifice", congratulating Jeremy Corbyn for "clearly winning the debate".

"These people, who have to live somewhere, let’s have them in a tent, in the middle of a field.... picking potatoes or any other seasonal vegetables"

The press coverage of the early election campaigns amounts to a level of brainwashing that is more commonly associated with dictatorships rather than a proud democracy.

Retailers have already closed 5,834 shops in 2019, up 77 per cent on the whole of last year.

The case seems cruelly reminiscent of the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake.