Housing corporations will only build 30,000 homes in 2029. That says chairman Liesbeth Spies of Corporatiekoepel Aedes. The sector is now borrowing billions, but that goes partly to maintenance instead of more homes. “Entrepreneurship in a corporation is loss -making in the long term.”

The paper on which the speech is printed may not crackle, this year little is arguing and it will never be very sparkling: the throne speech. Next Tuesday Willem-Alexander will read the speech, which has been sent from one mailbox to another in recent weeks. “Whoever adds what is secret.”