THREE days ago I awoke, bleary eyed, to hear Classic FM news declare the EU had officially recognised County Leath in Ireland as the official home of “the little people”.

I thought it must be April 1. It wasn’t. Yesterday morning I heard a woman had been severely punished for selling a goldfish to a minor. She owns a pet shop. I thought it must be April 1. It wasn’t.

I wonder what I will actually hear today?

Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, Wressle, Selby.