Worst of all, it wasn’t just anonymous fruitcakes who flirted with the conspiracy theory. LBC presenter Shelagh Fogarty hinted that the milkshaking might not be all it seemed. TV pundit Narinder Kaur also seemed to mistake Hewertson for the real milkshaker (although she has since apologised).

In case it were not already abundantly clear, Farage did not arrange for himself to be covered in banana milkshake. The alleged thrower has since been identified by Essex Police as Victoria Thomas-Bowen, a 25-year-old OnlyFans model.

Incredibly, this isn’t even the first time a mad conspiracy theory has been whipped up involving milkshake and Nigel Farage.