The right answer - which Tom Holland will hopefully adopt and many outside far-right knitting circles already have - is just to leave the far right to entertain itself on X, and stop paying any attention to what happens there.

Unfortunately, too many in the UK press, and what passes for His Majesty’s Opposition, have not yet learnt to move on.

Khan had previously defeated Lord Zac Goldsmith and Lord Shaun Bailey in London mayoral elections.