Everyone knows the urban myth about the sale of London Bridge to some gullible Septics who thought they were getting Tower Bridge, only to be slightly surprised when they stripped the bubble-wrap off their new purchase in the desert of Arizona. It’s not true, of course – Robert J McCulloch knew exactly what he was getting, but it makes for a fun story of stupidity and blind foolishness.

However it’s easy to wonder if a small proportion of our population would have fallen for a scam like that. The same people who think that Gordoom is the saviour of the economic universe, a financial colossus, a titan bestriding the banking world. For there remain some.

Yes, poor darlings that they are. An obvious failure of Care in the Community, a staggering 14% of the British public still think that Liebour is telling the truth about the state of our economy. Having just read this highlight of an ICM/Guardian poll published in tomorrow’s edition, TheEye needs to have a lie down.