Wild rumours, cancelled trips and silence from No 10 – how election fever gripped Westminster
The TelegraphThe morning sun had barely crept above the black gates of Downing Street when a chipper Rishi Sunak descended the stairs of No 10 to kick off the biggest day of his premiership. He started his day by filming a video in which, striking a deliberately non-triumphalist tone, he told voters their “collective work and sacrifice” meant there were “brighter days ahead”. Addressing the camera in a bright Tory blue tie, Mr Sunak acknowledged that “there is more work to do” and that “people are only just starting to feel the benefits” to their wallets. Yet the return of inflation to 2.3 per cent – just above the Bank of England’s target rate of 2 per cent – was more than the latest in a series of good news announcements to feed a positive economic narrative.
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