Election lists

Advice for the next government and news on the REF people, culture and environment pilot

As the internet’s search for Kate Middleton continues, it is a welcome distraction from the UK’s other main topic of conversation: when will prime minister Rishi Sunak call a general election? As grainy footage of an alleged Kate lookalike buying organic sausages failed to put the country out of its misery, so the wait for an election date continues as well.

In the absence of firm facts, speculation fills the void. We are not talking about whether Kate has enrolled on a photoshopping course in the Outer Hebrides; rather, we are referring to the classic policy and journalistic genre of advice for the incoming government.