The Midas touch was always going to be too much of an ask. It’s far too late in the day for miracles. But the Tories had been expecting something a little better than what they’ve been given. To put it bluntly, Rishi Sunak is a disappointment. If he was a morning TV chatshow host he would have long since been sent out by his bosses to apologise for being alive. Though, given his current performance levels, he would probably have found a way to cock that up as well.
We had been led to believe that Rish! was a break with the past. A different type of prime minister than Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. Someone with little charisma – the Conservatives had had more than enough of personalities – but who could be trusted to have a basic level of competence. Would get up in the morning and dress himself successfully. Might even have read the contents of his red box rather than wing it. Expectations really were that low.
