Further maths from Sunak is still a fail | David Mitchell

The PM banging on – again – about numeracy doesn’t look likely to provoke the conflict he’s hoping forThe prime minister has fallen off the not-talking-about-maths wagon. Until last week, he hadn’t done a speech about maths since 3 January. I wrote at the time that I thought he was seeking solace in the familiarity of a favourite school subject. It’s a difficult time of year for most of us, all resolutions and pine needles, anyone might need comforting. Now it