The reverse Midas touch is defined as “the tendency to ruin or destroy any object or task at hand”. And that’s what Rachel Reeves has done since taking power.

Every pledge, every boast, every dodgy promise has fallen apart in her hands.

The law of averages suggests she’d get at least one thing right. But so far, none.

Reeves has repeatedly pledged to deliver sustained economic growth. She called it “our national mission”.

Yet the economy stopped growing the moment she took charge of it….