It ended as it began: with Rishi Sunak standing outside 10 Downing Street in the rain.
The tone, however, could not have been more different. When he announced the election six weeks ago, Sunak gave the impression of a man utterly dislocated from reality: as oblivious to his party’s plummet in the public’s estimation as he was to the music blaring from a protesters’ speakers, or the downpour soaking his designer suit.
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