You'll remember the Whitehall dossier which was written a year ago and leaked a couple of weeks ago - detailing warnings of food, medicine and fuel if a "no deal Brexit" came to be... yes?

You may remember also that the dossier's name of "Yellowhammer" was (allegedly) a random choice.

So...

Is it only me that thinks that the name "yellowhammer" fits this dossier PERFECTLY?

I don't think it was named randomly at all.

I think the choice of that name was spot on.

Permit me to explain...

Look, I had my nose in bird books for a lot of my youth... and if you're my sort of age (middle-aged) and were as into wildlife and birds as I was/am - then you'll remember, like me, I'm sure that bird calls were written as English phrases in some identification books, so if you heard them in the field (but didn't see them) you'd KNOW what bird was making that call.

One example might be:

"TEACHER! TEACHER! TEACHER! TEACHER! TEACHER!" (The call of a great tit).

Another example might be:

"Di-vorce. Him. Di-vorce. Him". (the call of a collared dove).

But the most famous example of all was:

"A little bit of bread and NO cheese". (the call of a yellowhammer).

Now ... if "a little bit of bread and NO cheese" isn't a perfect one line description of post no-deal Brexit food shortages, I don't know what is.

Finally.