In a hypothetical head-to-head, 33% said they would prefer Count Binface to win, compared with 21% for Farage, giving the satirical candidate a 12-point lead. Another 32% preferred neither candidate.

The poll also found 74% support a parliamentary standards investigation into whether Farage broke rules by failing to declare a £5 million gift from a Reform UK donor, while 73% believe the investigation should continue even if he wins the by-election.

I said, "Lindsey, we can do with a smaller number." He said, "No, you can't."

He would outbid the Prime Minister of Israel.

He said, "I'm not getting a single vote in South Carolina for that because, you know, there are very few Jews in South Carolina, and the people, yes, they support Israel—my constituency—but I support Israel, and I think you need more, and I'm going to fight for this."

This is who Lindsey Graham was.

In Israel it's grief. In Iran it's celebration.

I'm a big Israel person. Graham was certainly that.

Unfortunately, the winds of war are blowing once again in the Middle East, in Ukraine and in many other parts of the world, sowing violence, terror and death, and once again affecting many innocent people.

Let us not allow these winds to extinguish the flame of hope and peace, even when it seems fragile and flickering.

I renew my hope that we will persevere on the path of dialogue, encounter and diplomacy. This is the only path capable of leading to a just and lasting peace, in which peoples can live in reconciliation, mutual security and respect for the dignity of every person.