The thought of another Trump Presidency is enough to drive one to live on a planet other than Earth, were it possible. A questionnaire for a Musk-like expedition to Mars might find this answer popping up rather too often - "I'm leaving because of Trump."

I find it hard to understand how the political party that gave us Lincoln, Eisenhower, Reagan and George HW Bush could come to such a calamitous impasse. You might have disagreed with a Republican candidate in the past, but almost always over policy. It has never been the case that you might take with umbrage with inappropriate tweets, bad personal conduct, attempted treason, potential criminal behaviour (okay, Nixon and Rockefeller) and total unsuitability to holding high office.

Yet here we are. Trump has captured the bulk of this party like a massive, orange-tinted Venus fly-trap and there doesn't appear to be anything, perhaps even death, that could stop him being nominated. There must be talent somewhere in the Republican Party and someone with the courage to put this fellow to the electoral sword. Please.