# Election 2024: Sunak Has Sprung a Trap on Himself  ## Metadata - Author: [[Ian Dunt]] - Full Title: Election 2024: Sunak Has Sprung a Trap on Himself - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: A sublime level of mismanagement, operating at a scale we never previously thought possible. - URL: https://iandunt.substack.com/p/election-2024-sunak-has-sprung-a - Source File: web-only ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > Often aspiring MPs will take seats like that as part of a ten-year plan - increase your party's vote in a hopeless seat, then increase it in a slightly less hopeless seat in the election after that, then finally hope they'll recognise your work with a marginal in the election following that one. But in a contest like this, with the tide turning against your party, there's really very little incentive to stand in the middle of Manchester with a blue rosette having people call you a twat for a month and a half. They'll find someone, I guess, but by Christ they'll need to be very weird. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hysy2tb3e3yk2ekbkm80ht5s)) - Tags: [[news]]