Everybody on your Facebook now has a considerable level of knowledge on political affairs all of a sudden, it’s been revealed.

Social media expert Richard Parry said: “It’s quite amazing what Facebook can show you. As much as we love the idea of people getting more involved in politics, it’s hard to take your friend’s EU ‘rant’ seriously when last week they thought European Union were a pop band from Ireland”.

The Sun reader Dave Price, whose ‘Political Views’ status on Facebook was set as ‘meh’ up until last week, said: “It all boils down to the single market. If we leave the EU, we leave the single market, but I’m okay with that. I’ve been with the same bird for years so the singles market doesn’t apply to me anyway. I’m out”.