Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer (Image: The Telegraph) The UK general election on Thursday 4th July has come at a time where the country is at a sticky crossroads. Never has its citizens felt so out of touch with politics, not helped by a government who had asked millions of undecided voters, with just six weeks' notice, to head to their local polling station and make a huge, collective decision. Even Conservative ministers were reportedly surprised when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a summer election when it was widely anticipated we'd see one in the autumn. But we should have seen this swift call coming. Sunak spoke to the nation from a very damp Downing Street on the day inflation went down to 2.3% (his target was to get it to 2% by election day ). He also wanted planes with 'illegal' migrants headed to Rwanda, and he got that approved by Parliament in April 2024. With key 'pledges' through the door, you sense he felt buoyant enough to say let the peop