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He said the bullet grazed his shoulder, struck his face "and exited through my nose".

The PM was apparently referring to the Dublin III regulation - which the UK formally exited on 1 January 2021.

"We have been clear that exiting the UK does not allow an organisation to avoid responsibility for any prior infringement of data protection law, and our investigation remains ongoing."

But the political exit being offered to him in this moment – a regional legacy in return for giving up his government, and possibly his political career – does not seem to have entirely won him over.

An awful winter, including an early exit from the T20 World Cup and a clean-sweep humiliation in the Ashes, meant change was inevitable.