Ayesha Hazarika
(Picture: Daniel Hambury)While many of you are getting ready to (attempt) to jet off to a Greek island to get away from it all, I’m heading to Scotland. For me the cooler climes is the equivalent of going to the Caribbean. Many of us are in despair about the state of our nation as we brace ourselves for our fourth Prime Minister in just six years. The country feels like a basket case — nothing works and we live in fear of inflation, interest rate rises and bills going up.
We’re pondering the question: why do we get such poor political leadership? Well, look no further than the Conservative leadership race, which has less dignity than the Love Island final. Grinning winners Davide and Ekin-Su probably have more plausible economic policies. We’ve seen so many U-turns that it feels like a political roundabout. Rishi Sunak, having made a big deal about being the grown up, not indulging in fiscal fairy tales over irresponsible tax cuts, suddenly announced he would cut income tax by four per cent — the largest cut in 30 years. Not so much a U-turn, more political whiplash.
