 I think Rishi Sunak was trying to reduce the damage. It was clear that the Tory party was finished. And the question was finished, how badly? How many seats were they going to lose? Rishi Sunak had received some good news about inflation and decided that was maybe the moment to try and capitalize on that good news and maybe not lose as many seats as they did. There was never going to be a good time to call the elections.