Welcome back. On a scale of Rishi Sunak interacting with the public to Ed Davey on a paddleboard, how much are you enjoying the general election campaign so far?
A few updates on last week’s column. First, Labour’s shadow secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, and his partner were guests of Hakluyt once again at their forum event in May, in what seems now to be an annual tradition for the pair. You know what they say: couples that attend the shadowy functions of intelligence-adjacent corporate strategy firms together, stay together!
