The headlines just about write themselves. A hard-left Labour shadow chancellor flies off to Davos to preach revolution and socialism to the world’s most elite gathering of business leaders.
Surely that is a sign that Jeremy’s Corbyn’s Labour party is being taken seriously by the big wheels of global business. And a sign as well that the firebrands are readying themselves to reach an accommodation with the bankers and speculators of big capital once they are in power – or at the very least picking up a few business cards so they know who to call at Goldman Sachs when they need an emergency bail-out.
But in fact, there is no reason for anyone to be in the least surprised by the shadow chancellor’s decision to join the annual celebration of wealth and power in the Swiss Alps.
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