Corbyn’s Michael Foot tribute act gives the Conservatives the potential to secure a landslide by winning over the patriotic working-class vote.
He was asked five times, and each time gave an evasive answer.
Those looking to find what she really stands for may one day get an answer. But the point for the here and now is: she seeks to dominate the mainstream.
Keeping the triple lock third from bottom; scrapping the Human Rights Act fifth from top; an energy price cap fourth from bottom.
Perhaps the reason why the Conservatives are marginalising them is that the former are shaping an electoral coalition big enough to include Leavers and Remainers.
Most people I’m meeting seem either pro-Leave or resigned to it happening – and believing that Theresa May is best-placed to see it through.
The Conservative MP says that, while she “wouldn’t have used those terms”, what’s happened over the past week is just “a bit of a puff”.
Some in the EU still imagine Britain might u-turn. Let’s show them without doubt that we won’t.
They are willing to support the Corbyn leadership even though they expect it to break a similar tuition fees promise to that broken by Nick Clegg.
The Prime Minister cites “threats against Britain” that have “been issued by European politicians and officials”.
They themselves are proving May’s argument that they cannot be trusted to protect our national interest.
It is doubtless bad manners to ask, on day two of his new job, what he will do next. But posing the question and trying to answer it is irresistible.
Far from trying to re-fight the battles of 2016 and perpetuate Leave-Remain divisions, most voters are now keen to embrace Britain’s post-EU future.
Why spend money on grammars, rather than dealing with school overcrowding? And why back Trident rather than the Navy’s conventional fleet?
France’s new president may be a more positive force for Britain than people expect. But we need to be ready – deal or no deal.