After a dream last year in which I invented something so genuinely brilliant I woke and realised how great it was, then promptly forgot it, I have taken to keeping a notebook and pen by the bed.
I'm glad I did because this morning, about six, I woke from this dream. I swear to God it is true.
Nigel Farage knocks on my door and asks me if I would help him restore a very beaten up old 50s Morris Traveller. I agree, and as if by magic the car appears in my large, very well provisioned garage which I don't have. OK so far? Me. Farage. Garage. Good. I shall continue.
The car is restored impressively quickly for two men who appear to have limited knowledge of such things. Seconds, in fact. Nigel tells me that he wants to paint the car a pale blue, rather than the dark green it is currently. No problem. It is done.
Time for a test drive, says Nigel, and we get in the car and head off towards London on the M4. Nigel informs me that we are off to Heathrow to see how well she flies. "Nigel, it's a car.", I inform him. "It hasn't got any wings." "No matter." he replies.
Within a few minutes we find ourselves on the main runway, and Nigel says "OK, let's get out, she's going to fly herself." "What?" "She doesn't need a pilot." he tells me.
We jump out, and sure enough she sets off down the runway, and lifts off the ground and is away. As it climbs the car starts to blend into the blue sky, and by the time it is a few hundred yards away is completely invisible. "Nigel, where's she going?" "I don't know," replies Nigel. We stand staring into the sky in silence. The car never returns. I wake up.
So, pretty obvious imagery. The Morris is Britain, clearly, the paint and its subsequent importance is the reality of what might happen. Why this dream, now? Farage has been on TV for weeks, and a few nights ago Wheeler Dealers on the Discovery channel restored a Morris Traveller.
I hold no animosity towards either Farage or Ukip. Politics, innit? Democracy. The people will decide, and that's the way it works. Somewhere in my subconscious, however, things seem to be bubbling up.
Tomorrow, Ed Balls asks to borrow a hundred quid to open a corner shop.