Labour’s electoral rise has spooked the Tories because it challenges every preconception that most of them share about the world, its rule book and its ideological contours. It is a rich irony that the passage of May’s manifesto that most annoyed her party was also the most acute and prescient. “We do not believe in untrammelled free markets,” that much-maligned document declared. “We reject the cult of selfish individualism. We abhor social division, injustice, unfairness and inequality.” The election result and the national response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy suggest that the voters agree.