Rishi Sunak has bounced back from D-Day gaffe – his raft of new ideas proves he is up for the fight

Rishi reset

IF he is to make any inroads into Labour’s sizeable poll leads, Rishi Sunak must put his D-Day error behind him and get back on the front foot.

The PM had a good first week of the Election campaign unveiling a raft of new ideas while showing he was up for the fight.

He ended the second week rightly apologising for the entirely avoidable snub to World War II veterans.

There is no doubt that his principal advisers badly let him down by suggesting he quit Normandy to record a bog standard TV interview.

He should have seen it coming, too.

But it is detailed policy — rather than politics — that the Prime Minister does better.

In the past 48 hours he has unveiled plans to tackle Britain’s bloated welfare state which has spiralled out of control since Covid.

And he has pledged to get more police officers on our streets.

Crime and worklessness are just two of Britain’s very many problems.

Rishi has plenty to do to show that he — rather than Sir Keir Starmer — is the man to sort them out.

Let’s quiz Keir

THE popular theory runs that all Labour have to do to win power is get through to July 4 without some crisis or gaffe.

That may yet prove true.

But an untested leader with a history of U-turns deserves greater scrutiny before he is handed the keys to No10.

There are a number of warning signs spelling danger ahead for Keir Starmer.

One is his trouble-making union paymasters.

Unite has already refused to endorse the party’s manifesto — signalling deep division at the heart of the Labour movement.

A claim by Labour International chair Fiona Urquhart that the party is working on reintroducing free movement in the EU for Brits shows Remainers in the party are as determined as ever to to unpick Brexit.

Labour hasn’t been frank about the costs of their GB Energy green plans either.

And Emily Thornberry yesterday admitted pupil numbers in state schools may go up thanks to its class war on private schools.

There is still much to ponder about what Labour has to offer.

World in lotion

ONCE again this summer England’s finest will be taking on their European rivals.

Not just in the European Football Championships, but on the beaches of the Med, too.

Two-thirds of Brits suffer anxiety over securing a sunlounger, according to research.

But stand by your beds, everyone.

They think it’s towel over… it is now!