So, that was week one. Senior Tories appeared on the radio to say the sort of things that’d look unrealistically heartless if cackled out by a panto villain. Labour lost its deputy leader, was attacked by its own MPs, and was the subject of a front page splash in Britain’s leading Jewish newspaper begging the non-Jewish community not to vote for it. Both parties have been forced to stand down some of their more abysmal candidates while they still have the chance. In summary, those of us who were dreading the thought of an election have had their worst fears confirmed, while those of us who were quite excited about it have run slap-bang into actual, awful reality.
On which note, let’s talk about the polls.
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