“The revolution in 1848 argued that national self-determination was the foundation of liberal democracy. The EU violates that. At some point, some countries will stand up and say, I’ll do without your money because I’m going to lose it anyway to the Germans.”

Chancellor Scholz admitted the two have “very different views on the conflict in the Middle East”, but said “especially in difficult moments, we need direct conversation.”

Few will read Time to Think without realising that something went badly wrong at the Tavistock clinic.