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A number of economists, mainly on the right, have in recent weeks raised the prospect of a version of the 1976 sterling crisis repeating itself.

“Happy Together,” a song rejected by a number of pop groups, revived the group’s fortunes, thanks in part to a sterling arrangement masterminded by new bassist Chip Douglas.

Judge Lady Ross KC said although the sums of money stolen were not great, the seriousness of the crimes "could not be measured in pounds sterling."

So should we have been surprised when fan sites and social media platforms, built to allow free, unfettered and quite often anonymous discourse, became equally at risk for humanity’s less sterling qualities?

There will be relief that the markets are calm for now, with sterling and stock markets at multi-year highs.