October election? This was no slip of the tongue from Jeremy Hunt
What was Jeremy Hunt as much as?Was he aiming to grab the headlines from his Labour rival Rachel Reeves on the night of her weighty and well-trailed lecture on the economic system?
Almost definitely.Was he additionally aiming to tease Labour MPs about an October election when he and the prime minister are actually planning for November?Quite presumably.
Was he attempting to calm Tory MPs' jitters nervous a couple of June or July election after Rishi Sunak dominated out 2 May?No doubt.
And was he hoping to reassure his backbenchers that he and the PM have a reputable financial technique - "sticking to the plan" - together with falling inflation and decrease rates of interest?Of course.
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