Today both spoke at the Labour conference, an anti-talent double header in Liverpool. As almost all Labour foreign policy is toxic to both the electorate and common sense, Cooper’s speech majored on ‘patriotism’. She has clearly decided that a convenient attack line against Reform is to suggest that ‘real’ patriotism is about Labour’s values. I can imagine the sort of things which make these people proud: ‘real’ patriotism is not assuming your pet’s gender, ‘real patriotism’ is clapping for our brave Covid marshals on the anniversary of lockdown, ‘real patriotism’ is thanking the person who stabs you on the tube for being part of what makes Britain strong. Inevitably, a man who looked like a testicle with a goatee stood up and began ranting about that favourite topic of Labour conference – Palestine.