Sunak's Number 10 is much better at keeping secrets than others

26 May 2024, 16:23 | Updated: 26 May 2024, 20:34

Suddenly, at election time, political predictions become so much harder and riskier. Everything changes in a campaign, not least the news cycle.

That's my excuse, at any rate, for failing to foresee the announcement of a general election in last week's Politics at Jack and Sam's.

There were a few clues - and one magisterial tweet from Financial Times journalist Lucy Fisher - but we were deaf to the signals.