When he left politics, John Howard commented on how much whitegoods had dropped during his 11 years in power. He was referring to the effect of our solid terms of trade and the high Australian dollar.

Mr Abbott’s had a similar experience, only second hand. He got his fridge on Gumtree.

That’s some economic legacy. What a tall glass of water that man is. In years to come we’ll tell our grandchildren, yes, we were there when Mr Abbott was our Regrigeration Prime Minister. He was the bee’s knees.

And thank heavens for that.