Intruder alert: ominous new jargon doing the rounds at Brighton

Good news: Alarm Clock Britain remains dead.

Promising news: Social Mobility only rarely used. (Why is that promising? Because it’s a politically dreadful phrase.)

INTRUDER ALERT: INCOMING NEW JARGON. Decarbonisation. No, no and thrice no. It’s easy, short, convenient shorthand – and completely meaningless to most people. It’s also increasingly popular on the lips of Liberal Democrat ministers who should know better.