I thought of this as I read research out on Thursday by the charity Turn2us that outlines how decades of negative attitudes and distrust towards social security have been “baked into” the system’s design. Researchers found that 64% of current claimants believe the Department for Work and Pensions is “trying to catch them out”. It is a damning indictment of past governments’ assaults on the safety net and a vital guide to Labour as it eyes up another go at so-called welfare reform. But the report also acts as something else: a warning of how ripe this country is to buy the myth that “foreigners” are milking the benefits system.