In closing statements to the public part of the inquiry, he accused the UK government of an "abject failure" to keep people safe.

"Due to unregulated sampling methods by musicians, AI will enable recording company moguls in the West to make colossal sums of money while leaving some creatives in African villages to languish in abject poverty."

He worked his way up from "abject poverty" on an estate in south-east London to become chief executive of Forterro, a Swedish software firm.

My response was abject horror at the thought of changing Yohji’s aesthetic choices, and to her credit she relented.

With its themes of isolation and family manipulation, it starts to feel like “Dogtooth” meets “The Village,” only with more abject suffering.