On any objective assessment, things are not going well for Rishi Sunak. Despite being praised for bringing a sense of calm back to the process of government, the criteria by which he asked to be judged tell us that he is a failure. His five key objectives for the year, chosen allegedly on grounds of their achievability, are simply not on course.
The small boats full of illegal immigrants continue to land on England’s southern coast in roughly the same preposterous numbers as arrived last year; the NHS remains a horror show of delays. Even his economic metrics are refusing to come right, especially the one about halving the rate of inflation by the end of 2023.
Mandelson may have arrived with a cupboard full of flip-flops for Starmer, but people remember these things
Labour still has a mighty opinion poll lead of about 15 points and is poised to pocket an unanticipated windfall gain of about 20 seats in Scotland owing to the astonishing collapse of the SNP.
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