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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Tories and Reform spout imaginary numbers as they fight for attention

Kemi Badenoch speaking at a lectern, on which Tory branding says 'stronger economy', as Mel Stride stands alongside
Kemi Badenoch and Mel Stride at the British Academy on Tuesday. ‘They aren’t a government in waiting. They are an irrelevance.’ Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

You would think we were in the final three months of a general election campaign, not three and a half years out. Everywhere you look there’s a party leader giving a press conference. Demanding attention from a public that just wants to be given a break.

Even the news channels are losing interest. Sending along a reporter more on the off-chance someone says something idiotic, than in any expectation of anyone committing hard news. Well, anything more idiotic than usual. This far out from an election we’re just dealing in political fever dreams.

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