Sunak Faces Uphill Battle on Economy, But Delaying Election Betting on Rebound
- Sunak faces same economic misery as 1997, when Tories lost power
- "Misery index" capturing unemployment & inflation is at worst level since 1990s
- Sunak delaying election to let economy recover - recession ending, inflation falling
- But people feel impact of crisis even as data improves
- Unlike 1990s, all generations suffering from cost-of-living crisis now
