On Saturday, David Cameron won the next general election. As Ann Black, the chairwoman of Labour's National Executive Committee, announced the results of the fourth round of the contest and it became clear that Ed Miliband had won by the narrowest of margins (50.65 per cent compared to his brother David's 49.35 per cent), a collective sigh of relief rippled through the ranks of the Coalition. Could Labour truly have hurled itself so gormlessly into the abyss, or, more accurately, to the sidelines? Could the party that governed for 13 years so lazily settle now for being soothed rather than being challenged? Could it really have chosen the wrong Miliband? Yes, it could.