How about conservatism? The case for it has already been made by this government’s record. The Tories inherited a country with high unemployment and financial chaos. Mr Corbyn is right to say that conditions today are still difficult, but they are a lot better than they were in 2010 – thanks to Conservative economic medicine. Corporation tax rates are down and yet corporation tax receipts are at an all-time high. The highest rate of income tax was cut and yet the top 1 per cent of earners now pay 28 per cent of all income taxes. It is the incomes of the lowest paid that have risen the fastest. And far from public sector cuts triggering a recession, there has been a boom in private sector hiring. What is truly frustrating is that all the while that capitalism has been working its magic, politicians have been talking up the evils of income disparity and the benefits of state intervention. If Mr Corbyn is doing better than expected, it is because the fundamentals of his philosophy have been endorsed by too many Tories who should have known better.