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The major questions doctrine is an originalist concept, but in the court’s view it may not apply to actions in the foreign policy realm – including tariffs – where the president has greater discretion.

And of course the very name of Borderland points to the purgatory-like nature of the realm, not existing in the real world nor in the afterlife.

Combined with the coloured, shimmering floor and walls, and a soundtrack of muffled voices, gongs and bird calls, it all creates a powerful if unnerving feeling of floating in another realm.

One minister acknowledged the elections would be tough and speculated that a leadership challenge before then may not be beyond the realms of possibility.

When suffering is measured, it becomes harder to dismiss; when it is left uncounted, it drifts back into the realm of anecdote, where policymakers can insist the problem is exaggerated, isolated or even imaginary.