Rishi Sunak has clearly decided that the risks of waiting outweigh the dangers of calling a general election when the polls are so dire, says Henry Hill

There was a case, despite the state of the polls, for Rishi Sunak calling an early election. From the Conservative Party’s perspective, going to the country in May (to coincide with the locals) made a lot of sense.

It would lift turnout, hopefully amongst disaffected Tory voters who aren’t going to vote for anyone else but were not sufficiently motivated to join the civic-minded minority who cast their ballots in local elections. In large parts of the country the party would have been out in force, fighting for their own........

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