Rishi Sunak wants to attack Sir Keir Starmer on security – but defence is seldom a factor which determines UK elections

Whether you heard the wet outdoor version of Rishi Sunak’s election campaign launch or the dry indoor one, his message on national security was the same. “The world is more dangerous than it has been at any point since the end of the Cold War,” he told the small banner-waving crowd bussed in to the Excel centre, and it is only “we Conservatives who have that plan and are prepared to take that bold action to ensure the better future for our country and our children.” The Conservative leader likes to remind voters that his Labour opponent, Sir Keir Starmer,…