It would be easy to feel a sense of frustration at recent events in the Labour Party.

The coup against Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership has been a gift to the Tories: distracting from their own divisions, papering over the recession they have likely triggered, and allowing them to open up a significant lead in the polls.

But it was also an inevitability. Corbyn’s election as leader last September was a symptom of a broader crisis in British politics. His victory was never accepted by MPs who still believed they could restore the old order.