Absolutely nothing goes right for Labour’s accident-prone Chancellor. As I wrote yesterday, Reeves has the reverse Midas touch. Everything she touches is tarnished. Jobs, stability, inflation, the pound – all have unravelled under her watch.

It’s hard to have sympathy. Her first speech after Labour’s July election victory was arrogant and spiteful, full of disdain for the Tories and confidence in her own brilliant ideas.

But as we’ve since discovered, she hasn’t got a clue. The…