There seems to be no end to Rishi Sunak’s failures. You could sit for days trying to arrive at a comprehensive list and still find it incomplete. Each day of this interminable election campaign he’s provided us with some startling new example, some new previously unimagined fault to add to the collection.

Today, in a move no-one could have predicted, it was a comment about Sky TV and perhaps the most unconvincing account of deprivation any of us have ever heard.

It took place during an interview with ITV News – and not just any interview. This was the interview he left the D-Day celebrations to participate in. This is an important thing to remember as we pick apart the bones of what happened next. It’s not just that he said these things. It’s that he torpedoed his own election campaign in order to attend an interview in which he could say these things. He is the square root of political error. He manages to attain levels of inadequacy which were previously thought beyond the range of political leaders.

The Prime Minister was asked the type of question which politicians plan for. How can someone with your level of wealth understand what it’s like for everyday people? Have you ever gone without something?

If you’re a very wealthy man who happens to be prime minister, you’ll have workshopped your response to this inquiry. After all, it is one of your chief vulnerabilities. Sunak is literally richer than the King. He is so rich he exists outside the........

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