Keir Starmer went all the way to St Helens today to reply to Nigel Farage's Tuesday news conference at which the Reform leader demanded the lifting of the two-child limit on benefits.
The prime minister accused the real leader of the opposition of "Trussonomics", promising unfunded tax cuts, which is true and, I thought, an effective line of attack.
But he also hinted that he was sympathetic to lifting the two-child cap himself, saying that he was "determined that we are going to drive down child poverty".
Which, after his U-turn last week promising to restore the winter fuel payment to some hard-pressed pensioners, is another billion or two of extra public spending – with no clue as to where the money is coming from.
The difference between Farage, Truss and Starmer in the making of unfunded promises is only one of degree.
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