At the other end of the United Kingdom (sic) the announcement from Nicola Sturgeon was getting divorced from her husband Peter Murrell was met with a predictable outpouring of hatred, innuendo and misogyny. We’ve become accustomed to the culture of right-wing Unionism meeting in common hatred of Sturgeon with elements of the Scottish nationalist movement, and this was one moment where both could bask in their shared conspiracies.

The dog whistle politics can be found in the sewers of the tabloid press and the alt-nat blogosphere, once supposedly sworn enemies now truly united in smears and undisguised homophobia.