This is the first of no doubt many posts about the UK’s catastrophic election result from last week. I’m still grieving, bereft, mortified.

I’ve found this picture a horrifying portent.

This is a photo of the staff in Conservative Party HQ taken at the end of 2019 in London, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Every face is white.

It reminds me of the photos where is a smug President Trump is surrounded by bald white men and blonde white women. The message is clear: white people are supreme and there is no place for people of colour in our society.

Last week, the nation was divided about whether Johnson was talking about applying controls to “people of colour” or “people of talent.” Here is your answer.