Here is a question many taxpayers must be asking themselves: have you ever seen Rishi Sunak and Gordon Brown in the same room? Although the Sage of Cowdenbeath has been well to the fore in attacking the chancellor’s Spring statement, that high-profile hostility cannot obscure the ominous congruence between the careers of the past and current chancellor.
The Coronation offers a rare opportunity to reset the national narrative
British politics needs to return to being a clash of competing ideas and to stop being a contest about who can coin the snappiest soundbite.
