The prime minister has presented himself as the change candidate – will the British public buy it?
When Akshata Murty made a surprise introduction for her “fun and compassionate” husband before his first – and probably last – conference speech as leader, the tribute sounded a little like a bizarre obituary. If party members were watching the prime minister’s slow political death, it was the rest of us who were begging to be put out of our misery.
Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnist
