So it’s no shock to read that a recent survey commissioned by Channel 4 found that 52 per cent of Britons aged 13 to 27 have lost faith in democracy and would welcome a dictator - a strong leader ‘who does not have to bother with parliament and elections’. A third of my generation believe ‘the UK would be a better place if the Army was in charge’. Drug use, shoplifting and defrauding the state go unpunished. Millions of economically burdensome migrants from places and cultures vastly different from our own are invited in, housed and fed at our expense - and we are attacked and slurred as bigots if we complain.

Supposedly neutral institutions such as the Civil Service, the judiciary, the NGOs, the BBC, schools and universities and corporations and their HR departments all have the same worldview: an unmistakable left-wing agenda. From mass immigration to net zero and trans dogma, these institutions walk in ideological lockstep. That is not a meaningful democracy. And that is why so many of us are looking elsewhere.

Britain is crying out for leadership that can steer the country to safety. Gen Z’s demands are not unreasonable: fairer taxes, affordable homes, cheaper energy and an end to unlimited immigration. We ask that everyone contributes their fair share and that crime is properly punished. We want to trust our neighbours, and talk to them in our own language. We want a sense of identity and belonging.

Which is why, I believe, we now need decisive action: a leader who would declare a state of emergency in response to illegal migration. Yes, there would be outrage from some quarters - and many would squeal about the ‘death of democracy’. But young people in particular recognise that political leaders of all parties have made an abysmal mess of running things. No wonder so many believe it’s time for a radical alternative. It sounds drastic - because it is drastic. But otherwise we all face the continued rule of grey, miserable politicians with grey, miserable ideas, dragging us towards disaster.