Elon, enough! In the past two weeks, the world’s richest man has teased economic Armageddon in the US, spruiked for a violent far-right extremist and meddled in the domestic political affairs of at least two sovereign nations.

There’s more. A lover’s quarrel with Nigel Farage? Something “gamechanging” to do with crypto? It takes a fine talent to make omnidirectional megalomania boring but our boy has done it. His purchase of Twitter has transformed the site from a hubbub of views to a rightwing toilet of whatever his brain is farting that day.

Whether uninformed, cruel or direly unfunny, he hits the headlines like relentless flatulence. Sixty-seven tweets a day from someone who thinks “pedo guy” amounts to wit makes you want to grind your face in damp sand.

David Bowie – who knew a thing or two about entertainment – once discussed overexposure in an interview with Esquire. “Fame can take........

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