The Unite union said hundreds of employees are off work at some sites, with alerts from the NHS app causing “havoc” on production lines.

He said the programme is not a “jam-spreading operation” that will make “rich” areas poorer in order to benefit the more deprived.

"To all the young people who have received similar abuse, hold your heads up high and keep chasing the dream.”

"It just shows the scale of the problem the Conservative Party has got on this issue, that the response of a Conservative MP when serious issues are being raised is to shout out in that way."

“When the football team began taking the knee in solidarity, and against racism, they were booed, and what did Boris Johnson say? Not much. What did Priti Patel say?"

“By keeping face masks mandatory we will give Londoners and visitors the reassurance and confidence to make the most of what our city has to offer, while also protecting our heroic transport workers and those who may be vulnerable and rely on the network to get around our city."

What if Labour's Red Wall isn't in the anti-EU hotspots and is, rather, in pro-European places which favour progressive, modern politics not wrapped up in populist hysteria?

"True fans – of which there are so many – will help stamp out this mockery and abuse and will lift up our fallen stars."

The self-styled 'Brexit hardman' said "this may be a decisive moment for our party.”