Here’s why I’ll always have a soft spot for Hoosiers in general, and Mike Pence in particular. Shortly after Presient Obama intervened in the U.K. referendum, telling us that we’d be “at the back of the queue” if we left the EU, a series of advertisements appeared in British newspapers, commissioned by the state of Indiana.

“Brexit or not, you’ll always be at the front of the business queue in Indiana”, they declared. “We stand with BAE systems, BP, Rolls Royce, Tate & Lyle and the other 50+ UK companies in Indiana”.