I had been planning to launch into a tirade on how the neoliberal belief that competition drives up standards is a delusion rejected by everyone but the most imbecilic*, and about how opening the NHS up to the market would put thousands of lives at risk, but I think I’ll just direct you here instead – it’s far more fun.

*Anything run for profit only has the illusion of improvement. It leads to corners being cut, everyone’s safety and welfare being disregarded behind the urge to make money. Instead of pushing up standards, competition leads to the greed of the entrepreneur taking priority over the needs of those who need help. The Tory worldview is thus utter folly: a total delusion born of selfishness. It is a fiction anyone capable of thought can see through, but one tories must cling to in order to pretend they don’t just care about themselves.