It was a scene reminiscent of all the other iconic images of unconditional surrender: Cornwallis at Yorktown; the fall of Singapore; the German capitulation on Lüneburg Heath… History’s latest surrender monkey, Keir Starmer, stood between his puppet masters, António Costa, president of the European Council, and tired old pantomime dame Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. Starry-eyed Keir looked as if he could not wait for the proceedings to end, so that he could beg for their autographs.