Spring is here, and with it some green shoots for beleaguered Conservatives. Rishi Sunak has emerged, like Daniel, miraculously unscathed from the lion’s den of Brexit. His “Windsor framework” reforms to the Northern Ireland protocol have been widely praised, with even hardline Brexiters becalmed, if not fully satisfied.
More good news may soon follow – buoyant revenues may enable a crowd-pleasing budget from Jeremy Hunt later this month, while sharply falling gas prices should bring down energy bills and inflation as the year wears on. Optimism is also growing that some of the recent strikes may soon be resolved.
