Theresa May starts to look vulnerable: For the second time in as many months, the prime minister made a u-turn, this time over a policy that would require comfortably off pensioners to contribute from their assets to the cost of their care in old age. Journalists sensed blood as the measure was labeled a “dementia tax” by opponents. The last thing May needed was a prime time interrogation from the BBC’s bulldog-in-chief Andrew Neil. But that’s exactly what she got, and things didn’t go well for her.
Political analysis: “There’s no way around it: her manifesto has bombed,” concludes Tom. Polls suggest Labour will win the under-40 vote, meaning pensioners could be the difference between May in cruise control and an election shipwreck. In cold political terms, May will be shielded from some of the fallout today as attention turns to the Manchester explosion.
Image courtesy of the BBC: Theresa May failing to answer NHS questions
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