Imagine this. You are alive in 2010. Someone tells you that by the end of the decade two things will have happened: first, Britain will crash out of the largest trading bloc on earth without a deal in place; second, we will see a hard-Left Marxist facing allegations of anti-Semitism become Prime Minister and leader of the fifth largest economy on earth.
This winter, as the Brexit negotiations come to a head, the Conservative Party has a date with destiny. How we handle it will shape our nation, and our reputation in the eyes of the electorate, for a new generation of voters.
There are two numbers that should strike fear into the heart of policymakers. First, a recent report from the Resolution Foundation that shows 53 per cent of millennials think they will be worse off than the previous generation. Second, a majority of voters under 40 when polled now view capitalism as more of a threat to their life chances than socialism.