Rishi Sunak was on his feet in a speech that was frankly too long.
It ripped up HS2 and replaced it with a nebulous Northern Network pledge. It promised to rethink A levels and ban young people from smoking.
There was nothing on housing, energy, social care , the environment - it felt, indeed, like the end of the road.
Has he convinced anyone he is the future ? And what will Labour do with the cancelled project now?
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