This is the bottom line of revolution, and the very alphabet of liberalese.

Coordinate term: man of Kent

It is a political offering – the Eurovision palaver, where Madonna hamfistedly tried to engineer peace in the Middle East, was a foreshadowing – but one in which Madonna’s meanings often perform a kind of seven-veil dance.

I returned quietly, creepily, to the tent, first taking another exhaustive look round and—yes, I confess it—making a few measurements.