probably, although don t bet on it, at the end of the year. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime i ve got lots that i want to get on with. keir starmer s practising working the crowd. i think the country s ready for a general election, turn its back on this decline and usher in the hope and change that a labour government can bring. plenty to smile about, labour still far ahead in the polls. the conservatives have practical, notjust political problems. a flat economy, nhs strikes and waiting lists, and splits inside the party on immigration. even some of the country underwater. and yet another by election that labour fancies to win. so we have one big question this morning what could rishi sunak do if he wants to make history for the right reasons and win the conservatives a fifth term?