The proposed referendum is reminiscent of Healy years ago and Geddes every further away. This time, the Green Party are wheeling-in the children, the old and the infirm to the front and surrounding them with vintage recycled Maxim-Gatlin guns: “You will vote to support our plans otherwise the kid gets it!”

The Greens are trying to squeeze the voters until the pips squeak. But as the pips crack it releases a poison, the voters groan and the Green Party will die. And the farrago will be web-casted tonight.