Is Rishi Sunak running the worst election campaign in history?

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Can the King step in – and journalists and politicians step up – before it’s too late? [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL2NsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWpvdXJuYWxpc20ta2luZy1jaGFybGVzLXNjaWVuY2UtYjI1NTgxMTcuaHRtbD9saWQ9MG8xaWUzand5d2RtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [The climate crisis has gone woke: Can King Charles save us?](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL2NsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWpvdXJuYWxpc20ta2luZy1jaGFybGVzLXNjaWVuY2UtYjI1NTgxMTcuaHRtbD9saWQ9a2VmeG1ldmRsM2xuJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) The King is a committed environmentalist   [Is Rishi Sunak running the worst election campaign in history?](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWdhZmZlLXRheC1lbGVjdGlvbi1iMjU1ODYxOC5odG1sP2xpZD1lNWVnbHE4eng1MGsmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAwOS0wNi0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmUaVaZWZe7htoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Everything that could go wrong for the prime minister has gone wrong, but leaving the D-Day commemorations early may be a blunder that goes down in the history books, says [John Rentoul](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL2pvaG4tcmVudG91bD9saWQ9ZGF0ODk5ZzZpbTVqJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) – and there are still four weeks of unenforced errors yet to come [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWdhZmZlLXRheC1lbGVjdGlvbi1iMjU1ODYxOC5odG1sP2xpZD1vdnFhMDY2dmFhMXcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAwOS0wNi0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmUaVaZWZe7htoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) [Is Rishi Sunak running the worst election campaign in history?](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWdhZmZlLXRheC1lbGVjdGlvbi1iMjU1ODYxOC5odG1sP2xpZD1wNGpiaXZtaWQ4eWgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAwOS0wNi0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmUaVaZWZe7htoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Rishi Sunak’s minor mistakes have kept alive the narrative of a particularly gaffe-strewn campaign   CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT [My Fair Lady at 60: Creepy and chauvinistic or cosy and comforting?](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL215LWZhaXItbGFkeS1hdWRyZXktaGVwYnVybi1iMjU1NzIzMS5odG1sP2xpZD15ZWNmNTBhNzJlejEmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAwOS0wNi0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmUaVaZWZe7htoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) The Audrey Hepburn classic has somehow avoided being caught up in today’s culture wars, writes [Geoffrey Macnab](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL2dlb2ZmcmV5LW1hY25hYj9saWQ9dnFoemNrNHhrYWV3JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Six decades since its release, how do its themes stand up today – and what about the charge by some that it is ultimately a movie about men grooming young women? [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL215LWZhaXItbGFkeS1hdWRyZXktaGVwYnVybi1iMjU1NzIzMS5odG1sP2xpZD1jdGF3bmF6Z3NueDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAwOS0wNi0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmUaVaZWZe7htoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) [My Fair Lady at 60: Creepy and chauvinistic or cosy and comforting?](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL215LWZhaXItbGFkeS1hdWRyZXktaGVwYnVybi1iMjU1NzIzMS5odG1sP2xpZD11Z3Z0NWt0ZHZmczkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAwOS0wNi0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmUaVaZWZe7htoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Audrey Hepburn starred with the cantankerous Rex Harrison in the 1964 film   COMMENT & ANALYSIS [Sunak’s D-Day blunder shows he has a tin ear for politics](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWJsdW5kZXItbm9ybWFuZHktYjI1NTg1NTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9aHA1bzYxbzB2eTE4JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Sunak’s D-Day blunder shows he has a tin ear for politics](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWJsdW5kZXItbm9ybWFuZHktYjI1NTg1NTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9cWd5aWlta3dlbmNmJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) While his fellow world leaders were honouring the war dead, the prime minister left them on the beaches, in an attempt to rescue his faltering election campaign. [Sean O’Grady](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL3NlYW4tb2dyYWR5P2xpZD13Z29pYnVhbzliZHAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUgV2Vla2VuZCBFZGl0IChSZWdpc3RlcmVkIHVzZXIgdmVyc2lvbikgLSAwOS0wNi0yMDI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9NYXJrZXRpbmdXBXNwY2V1QgpmUaVaZWZe7htoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) explains what this shows us about his character [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWJsdW5kZXItbm9ybWFuZHktYjI1NTg1NTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9anBvbnBwYjBtbmZzJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Independent Premium] [Sunak’s D-Day blunder shows he has a tin ear for politics](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWJsdW5kZXItbm9ybWFuZHktYjI1NTg1NTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9djZidm00NDg0bDVuJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Sunak’s D-Day blunder shows he has a tin ear for politics](~/AAAHagA~/RgRoR9-lP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL3Jpc2hpLXN1bmFrLWQtZGF5LWJsdW5kZXItbm9ybWFuZHktYjI1NTg1NTIuaHRtbD9saWQ9ZmprZHlhZG9tMHVpJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMDktMDYtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZlGlWmVmXu4baFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) By Sean O'Grady [Independent Premium]   [Ukraine is in a race against time to steel itself for a Russian summer assault. 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