How did we go from the open, global joy of London 2012 to the dark misery of throwing nets over migrant boats to disable them in just 8 years?

I think, for all that Nick Clegg was pilloried six ways from Sunday over tuition fees, the wheels started to fall off when the Tories won enough votes to not need the Coalition any more. Suddenly, there was no restraining influence of any kind on their sordid megalomania.

If you doubt that, please remember that these things are always relative.

Don't compare the Coalition years to an impossible idyll. Instead, compare 2010-15 and 2015-20. Difference seems as clear as daylight.

Added: I am under no illusions that things were brilliant in 2012. There were huge numbers of problems. But broadly, the nation did come together for a time around the Olympics, and it undeniably presented a favourable view of Britain to the world. And then... https://twitter.com/uk_domain_names/status/1194580555033133056