Everywhere you look, Planet Earth seems to be changing: sea water getting warmer, glaciers melting, forests retreating, temperatures rising.

If only those who conceived and pushed through the UK’s Brexit adventure could have allowed themselves to hear the voices of reason that warned against leaving the EU both before and after the referendum, including today, five years on from the divorce taking effect.

It was peculiar to hear Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk saying that he wants a “Breturn,” or a British return to the EU, after talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Warsaw last week.