Unfortunately, the Labour party does not understand Glasman, and Blue Labour is seen as a cynical plot to win the votes of the unreflective, socially conservative, tabloid-reading working class. In the same way, Cameron and the Tories don’t understand Philip Blond, whose “Big Society” idea became nothing more than a convenient cover for privatisation.

This is because Glasman and Blond are both, essentially, arguing for a Christian Social economy. Their whole line of argument only makes sense if you start with Aristotle and Aquinas, and if you know your Rerum Novarum from your Caritas in Veritate. None of this fits into the individualist, rationalist, utilitarian assumptions which is currently shared by both the Labour and Conservative parties.