As pubs in England reopened on Saturday, following months of lockdown, the populist politician tweeted a photo of himself holding a pint, saying he was the establishment’s first customer of the day. “12 o’clock, first customer in. Love it,” Farage wrote.

The tweet was eagerly seized upon by Farage’s legion of enemies, who accused the eurosceptic of flouting the UK’s 14-day self-isolation period. The accusation was prompted by an earlier post appearing to show that Farage was in the US on June 20 – 13 days ago – to attend President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Ed Davey even went to the trouble of writing to Kent Police to implore them to investigate whether Farage broke quarantine rules. “Millions of people have had to abide by the rules, and he should as well,” Davey said.