Through a smile that looked more like gritted teeth, Rishi Sunak delivered his first public address of the year today.
Despite his best efforts to channel the charisma and ideas of prime ministers past – David Cameron on the importance of family, Tony Blair’s vision for education, David (played by Hugh Grant) from Love Actually’s fixation with love – Sunak was devoid of charm or fervour. His five-point plan was couched in vague metaphors and revolved around fixing problems of the Conservatives’ own making. His faux-buoyancy and optimism couldn’t hide the obvious truth: his speech was without substance, and the Prime Minister is without vision.
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