Reem Ibrahim, a spokeswoman for influential right wing think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs, said: "The triple lock is just completely unsustainable and it's being spent on some of the wealthiest demographics in the country."

And the reality check is Pensioners vote. They always vote. And if the Tory Party adopted this as policy (which they won’t) then they would be destined to the political wilderness for decades. Having said that, if they did scrap the triple lock in attempt to woo voters who retirement is like a distant mirage in the desert of time, then the other parties would moo loudly but not reinstate it.

Politics, damned if you do damned if you don’t