Jeremy Corbyn, by contrast, cannot be trusted as the custodian of the ambitions unleashed by Brexit. Has he the capacity to lead complex negotiations? No. His leadership skills are so lacking that he does not even command the loyalty or respect of his own MPs. His party is actually largely opposed to Brexit and could well dilute it out of all significance. Mr Corbyn himself has ruled out walking away without a deal, which means the EU states know he is obliged to accept whatever compromise they offer him, such as a mammoth divorce bill, a commitment to keep taxes high or an assault on Britain’s financial sector.

Mr Corbyn, of course, does not care much for the future of capitalism – for there is a second fundamental issue at stake in this election. Labour’s leader is a Marxist in cultural, economic and foreign policy terms. This makes him totally unsuitable to be prime minister. He has opposed every piece of counter-terrorism legislation. He has shared platforms with members of the IRA. He has had to apologise for calling Hamas and Hizbollah “friends.” He cannot hide his contempt for Israel and has failed to root out anti-Semitism in his party. He dubbed the killing of Osama bin Laden a “tragedy”. There have been only two Western interventions since the Second World War that he felt able to endorse: East Timor and Cyprus. He described the Falklands War, fought in defence of British subjects and against the aggression of a foreign power, as a “Tory plot”.