The ghost of banter past returned to haunt us all this Christmas as Dapper Laughs came back from the dead with a new video.

The character was killed off by the man who created him, Daniel O’Reilly, last month after mass online protests and a petition from people who objected to sexism in his ITV4 show. The channel had already decided not to renew the programme.

Dapper Laughs at an event at the Odeon
Dapper Laughs but nobody else does (Doug Peters)

But, like an undercooked turkey, Dapper made an unwanted appearance to spoil Christmas for everyone in an ominous video in which he claims his work “isn’t finished”.

The video is posted below, but be warned: it contains material some viewers may find embarrassingly unfunny.

Most people seem to be assuming this means one thing only.