The power of Rish!: all this self-inflicted damage takes a level of slapstick genius | John Crace
The gambling saga might have been a three-day scandal. Instead heβd let it rumble on until he was almost on his knees
Election? What election? Itβs hard to overstate just how weird this campaign has become. Normally with nine days to go, every party is desperate for every bit of attention they can get. Sending out a couple of operational notes every day detailing opportunities for the media. Anything to get their message out.
Itβs very different this time around. As though the Tories and Labour are terrified of the voters and have gone into hiding. Coming out only to do the barest of bare minimums. Burble a few bland platitudes and then go scurrying back into the darkness. You can see why. The Tories donβt have a track record to defend and Labour donβt want to do anything to rock the boat. Let the opinion polls do the talking. But God itβs been dispiriting. Hope appears to be in short supply. The country wants change but the options donβt seem thrilling.
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