Carswell has changed enormously. Defected to Ukip tactically in 2014 as a pro-migration libertarian who wanted to keep Farage's "nativism" out of the 2016 referendum campaign, arguing Leave must ditch Powellism to win

Now in Mississippi as a pro-AfD advocate of racist deportations of legal migrants

A regime that pursues such a policy shouldn't cry victim when the consequences catch up with it. Fuck around and find out.