We can presume, therefore, that a majority also support the hosting of the Gay Games in Hong Kong in 2022. An overwhelming majority of international businesses, which the government seems desperate to cling on to, does too.

Regina Ip’s support for the Games is welcome – I rarely agree with her on anything but her support for LGBT people is consistent and, given the stance of most of her pro-Beijing allies, admirable and politically risky for her.

What is a shame, though, is that she doesn’t get the irony of her stance on the Gay Games and her support for the electoral overhaul – if we had a Legislative Council that was properly representative of Hongkongers, rather than the “improved” one comprising largely of hand-picked conservatives from the establishment, then there would be a clear voting majority in favour of support for the Games and for LGBT issues in general.