While the immediate challenge is to quell divisions within, convincing voters may be helped by support for net zero “at any cost” waning in the mainstream.
The sad passing this week of the brilliant Prunella Scales, best known for her depiction of the equally brilliant Sybil Fawlty, brought to mind, albeit briefly, the absurdity of cancel culture.
Fawlty Towers, now 50 years old, has been a frequent target in recent years of the add-water outrage industry, which, unable to grasp the concepts of humour, irony or context, demands that whatever offends it, be it a statue, a book or a television show, is censored, banished or torn down.
