If you didn’t manage to watch this week’s Tory leadership debate do not fret, for you missed little of any great value.
Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Boris Johnson and Rory Stewart were not so much grilled as lightly toasted, by host Emily Maitlis.
Four of them were still pretending that they have a remote chance of being the next prime minister while Boris Johnson was trying desperately not to mess things up with one of his trademark clangers.
The five candidates were lined up on high stools like an ageing boy band.
They bickered and spoke over each other like the posh and entitled schoolboys they once were as Maitlis tried desperately to retain control of the room.
They were also asked questions from the public.
It was ‘Mark’ from Northern Ireland who asked what they intended to do about the border.
A question that provided the only comedic moment of the night as rank outsider Rory Stewart said to Johnson: "I'm sure like me you've been in Enniskillen, sitting with a sheep farmer”.
I have to admit I’ve lived here all my life and have never sat with a sheep farmer from Enniskillen.
Stewart had a serious point though when he said: "They're sending their sheep across the border to the Republic, 80 per cent of the sheep are processed - as I'm sure you know - at abattoirs in the Republic."
Much like myself it was unclear whether Mr Johnson, or indeed Mr Javid, Mr Hunt or Mr Gove, have indeed met any Northern Ireland sheep farmers recently.
But while all said they would not allow a hard border, none of them, including the man expected to be the next Conservative leader, presented any vastly different solution to the issue.
The difficult problem of the border and preserving the integrity of the Good Friday Agreement is not going to disappear by simply changing the resident of 10 Downing Street.
It seems whoever is the next prime minister will have one thing on their mind and that is not to get into the same cycle of rejection as Theresa May.
What they also have to do is see off the threat from Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party ahead of an expected general election.
Johnson is in favour of parking the issue of the backstop and the border until after the agreement to be included in the trade talks that will follow.
At which stage he will be hoping that he will have charmed back enough voters to win a general election with a majority, however small.
It is at this stage that the DUP must know that with the confidence and supply deal made redundant, he will sell them down the river in the aim of self-preservation.
For what the last few years has taught us is that Brexit has become such a vote loser for the Conservatives that they are willing to burn their own house down in order to achieve it.
One Twitter user this week remarked: “Brexit is a religion and as such seems absurd when confronted with logic”.
And you’ve only to look at the most recent YouGov poll to know that this comment is spot on.
When asked if Brexit took place even if it caused Scotland to leave the United Kingdon, 63 per cent of Conservative Party members were happy for the Scots to go.
When asked the same question about Northern Ireland 59 per cent waved a goodbye to the north, showing once again Brexit has more chance of securing Irish unity than any republican campaign either violent or political.
When asked if they would rather Brexit took place even if it caused significant damage to their own economy 61 per cent still said yes, 54 per cent would leave the EU even if it meant the destruction of their own party.
In fact, there was no scenario too awful that put Conservative Party members off Brexit – apart from one – the possibility of having to pay more tax.
If Brexit meant Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister only 39 per cent agreed it was worth it.
If the consequences of all this weren’t so serious and long reaching it would be hilarious.
The politic chaos since the referendum shows no sign of stabilising anytime soon, only this time it’ll be Boris driving the Brexit bus.
