So Corbyn’s bribes worked. No tuition fees, free social care for all, more subsidies for rail— all paid for by the rich. Voters, especially young ones, can’t resist a handout, right?

Or maybe not. These stories are spun by people who struggle to understand how left-wing ideas still appeal to young people, when people like me think they’re obviously discredited. But take a longer view and it looks like bribes rarely work. It’s not a weakness for handouts that separates the young from the old. It’s a different vision of what’s good for Britain.

There is a theory of politics that says voters are just as self-interested as high street shoppers, plumping for whichever party offers them the best deal. After all, don’t youths go