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The most important line in that speech is the line about how inequality isn't just a moral failure, but also economic stupidity.
We've been great at pointing out the moral failings involved in Tory policy. But that only convinces people who think emotionally, compassionately - people on our side, in short.
Framing it as economic stupidity - something which fiscally damages us, our potential as a country, the success of our children, the tax revenue of our treasury - is not only true, it's an expansion of the argument into new areas.
There's no point us making a moral case against the Tories. We've already convinced anyone we're going to on that one. We now need to make a broader case against them if we want to change minds and regain power, one which takes in the economy, patriotism, the social contract, family support, development, the lot. That was the starting point for it.