It was all a bit end-of-term. The last prime minister’s questions before Christmas,, with the two main adversaries doing little more than going through the motions. Naught’s had, all’s spent. But even on days like this, Keir Starmer can win at a canter. Quite simply, he’s easily identifiable as a grown-up. Which is more than can be said for Rishi Sunak.
Rish! may be very good at being a tech bro. At being a forty-something with more cash than he can possibly spend. But he’s a terrible politician. Hopeless at appearing genuine. Hopeless at even knowing what it is he thinks he is supposed to believe. We’re long past the point where people started wondering what – if anything – Sunak was doing as leader. Even parties in terminal decline need to maintain a performative arts function.
