19 May 2023 , 12:19
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As of tomorrow, there will have a been a Tory Prime Minister in Downing Street for exactly 4,757 days.
According to Westminster website Politico, that's the same length of time that New Labour reigned. And so it's a good moment to take stock, and see - entirely impartially - how these two parties compare over 13 years.
Labour had two Prime Ministers. The Tories are on their fifth. And if there was a contest to find the greatest economic minds of their generation, Gordon Brown makes Liz Truss look like, well, Liz Truss.
He spent £33bn to save the banking system, while she lost £30bn pissing it off.
She did a lot for the lettuce industry, mind (Humphrey Nemar/sunday star)