A brand-new ‘leak’ has fluttered onto the scene, though it is made of the sort of certainty one usually finds in a damp paper bag.

The clip, which almost certainly exists only in the imagination, appears to show a pigeon in a waistcoat standing on a lamppost and staring into the middle distance like a fellow with a difficult pension plan.

Experts on the internet — a famously reliable species — have already declared the bird’s posture to be 'clearly symbolic', with one suggesting it is preparing for a career in either nightlife, crime, or community theatre.

The waistcoat, meanwhile, is said to be 'next level', though it may simply be a small scrap of fabric tied round an extremely self-important bird.

At press time, the pigeon had not commented, but did look as though it was about to ask for its own trailer and a slightly better sandwich.