“Mark my words, Labour will raise your taxes – it’s in their DNA,” shouted Rishi Sunak at the first leaders’ election debate.
You will know by now that delicate, dainty shoes are very much back – which is fabulous, until you want to cover some serious ground. In real life, worn for 10,000 steps a day, a mesh slipper will collapse faster than a soufflé in the MasterChef kitchen. With that in mind, a more practical shoe is also needed in the summer footwear arsenal: one that can withstand a walking tour of the Acropolis or bargain-hunting in the summer sales.
It was an uncharacteristically outlandish move for the man who prided himself on being “President Normal”.