So long, and thanks for all the prime ministers. What else is there to say by way of farewell to the Conservative Party? In 14 years of government, it has managed to rack up no fewer than five premiers — three of whom served in a single year. Hardly a top-line statistic to be proud of; but there it is.
Barring a last-minute recovery of mind-bending improbability, the Tories will be handed their ticket to oblivion by the electorate on Thursday. Sir Keir Starmer may indeed achieve what the Defence Secretary Grant Shapps (not quite understanding the constitutional meaning of the term) christened a “supermajority”. Yesterday, Rishi Sunak warned the voters not to hand Labour “a blank cheque”, a result from which it would take “decades to recover”. Self-awareness has never been the PM’s strongest suit.
