I’ve worked with the Liberal Democrats for over a decade, so trust me, I know what an electoral battering looks like. And the punishing blow delivered to Rishi Sunak on 3 May truly was a historic one. Most leaders would probably be put off going to the voters again for as long as possible, but not our Prime Minister.
A mere 20 days later, a drenched Sunak was outside Downing Street asking for more on 4 July – a General Election . The Tory leader has said – and will continue to say – that Britain is facing a hung parliament. That is, a minority Labour Party reliant on smaller, left-of-centre parties for power.
Sunak has already declared that prospect ‘a disaster for Britain’. But a disaster for whom, exactly? I think it is exactly what we need. As we brace ourselves for six weeks of election campaigning , we will be battered with the warning that voting anything other than Conservative gets us a ‘coalition of chaos’.
The ‘dangers’ of a hung parliament worked spectacularly in 2015; scare stories of Ed Miliband whistling to the tune of Alex Salmond and shots fired at a beleaguered Nick Clegg helped secure David Cameron a shock majority. Not sure what's going on in the world of politics? Ask Alright, Gov? , Metro's brand new politics newsletter. Sign up here for regular updates from Westminster and beyond, exclusive interviews with big names, and easy-to-read breakdowns of how today's headlines will actually affect you.
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