The Guardian view on the Conservative manifesto: an exercise in fiscal fantasy and denial

Rishi Sunak’s insistent repetition of the word ‘plan’ doesn’t compensate for an absence of serious engagement with the challenges Britain faces The start of the Conservatives’ election campaign was defined by spectacular errors of judgment, but even the slickest launch would have come unstuck on the question of whether the incumbent party deserves a fifth term in office. The record is too grim. The manifesto published on Tuesday did nothing to dispel the impression of a demoralised party bereft of …