Sunak now into Johnsonian 'cakeism'. The pretence that we can have increased public spending and tax cuts (from historically high levels) with no rise in public borrowing. Which leaves him with zero fiscal credibility.

A Government that can't even do cruel competently.

What 'isn't working as it should be' is taxation of the super-rich.

So, now chaos in Scottish politics prevents Sunak from dominating airwaves in the manner he intended in run-up to Thursday's elections. It really is one distraction after another for this most hapless of politicians.

Income tax continues to rise because it is not indexed for inflation. Council taxes increasing to protect vital local services because of cuts in central funding. It's almost as if we have a Prime Minister deliberately trying to deceive voters.

One of Sunak's declared guiding principles on becoming PM was accountability. Since, he's avoided being held to account as much as possible: taking questions only from selected media outlets; policy announcements in press conferences instead of Commons; regularly avoiding #PMQs .

He really hasn't lost his touch. Trump hates being mocked.

Symptomatic of splintering of Johnson's 2019 electoral coalition. Two Conservative MPs have defected in 2024; one to the Reform Party, the other to the Labour Party.

To characterise Sunak's Premiership as one of performative cruelty is a perfectly fair verdict.

All this pointless speculation about when a general election will be called (yet more of it today). It will come soon enough now. And what a spectacle the wrath of the electorate will turn out to be.

The Government's Rwanda policy systematically taken apart as the expensive, fact-denying nonsense that it is. That Sunak could stake his Premiership on such a squalid scheme says it all.

How to restore public ownership and simultaneously save money.

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Political parties get into electoral difficulty when they prioritise playing to an unrepresentative internal gallery rather than reaching out to the wider body of voters. That is precisely the strategic error of judgement made by Sunak; internal party politics taking precedence.

Just like the day after a Budget, Government's dissembling (maybe fiction is a better word) about how they are going to fund their commitment to increased defence spending embarrassingly unravels, courtesy of Institute for Fiscal Studies

On the same day Sunak emphasised the importance of upholding an international rules-based order, he revelled in breaking international humanitarian law.