When he stood outside Downing Street on May 22 to announce he was calling a snap election, Rishi Sunak said he was “prepared to take bold action for our country to flourish”. As the rain poured down and his suit became soaked, he said the Conservative party was the only party that could weather the political storm and warned Labour would ruin the progress he had made. The mantra that he “had a plan” and Labour did not was uttered incessantly. On the always divisive issue of housing development and the lack of affordable homes for young families, he vowed not to sacrifice the Garden of England;…
