While his departure at the end of last season seemed unusual from the outside, there was a feeling Moyes' time at the London Stadium had run its course, with fans calling for a more progressive style.

Instead, the election revealed that America’s political realignment is just about settled and that the neoliberal project, as we know it, has run its course.

Despite Atomic Kitten's protests, the magic may have run its course.

“I realized that the military side of the struggle had run its course,” Mr. McCann said.

“Sometimes tokenism has run its course. I don’t want to just be that person,” he said.