The forty academic economists who made that link with IMF thinking and Corbyn's proposals in a letter to the media this week were not "media commentators with a mission". In fact that description is far more applicable to those writing columns and leaders portraying him as a man peddling crazy proposals.

The Labour manifesto made some timid statements in the direction of distancing it down from full blooded austerity, but it remained firmly attached to the principle of maintaining austerity based policies. And since the election there have been serious steps to go back on even those timid statements, especially by tgoe associated with Liz Kendall, which includes Chuka Umunna, Tristram Hjnt - and David Miliband.