As each new fortnightly wave of posters is about to go up, Ben tells the team that this will be his last, that he has to devote himself fully to his daughter and his pregnant girlfriend. He knows he’s been a less-than-perfect partner these past two months, but he tells himself he’s doing it for his kids’ future. Olly tells himself the same thing. He’s struggling to juggle the project with overseas work trips and, when he is at home, he finds he’s glued to his phone. His two daughters note his mental absence and suggest they install a box by the front door, into which Olly would drop his phone when he gets home each evening, but it never happens. One night his partner comes to bed to find him sitting with his laptop open, staring at a picture of Nigel Farage. ‘Research,’ he says feebly. She pulls the duvet up to her chin, rolls over and sighs. Will, meanwhile, is doing much of the design work after midnight, in a vain effort to keep his freelance photography career on the tracks, but that means he’s often exhausted by the time he’s feeding his children breakfast. And James is also sacrificing freelance income, so now his family is dipping deep into the fund set aside to redo the bathroom.