How many Conservatives are required to repair a pothole?
Sadly, the answer seems to be zero for Darlington residents.
This is in spite of the fact that two weeks earlier, Rishi Sunak gave one suspension-breaker in the County Durham town an extremely hard glare.
After proposing a £200 million fund to address the widespread issue, he was seen looking into a pothole.
However, The Sun adds that it is still empty and appears to have gotten much broader and deeper.
Stephen Harker, Labour leader at Darlington Council, said: ‘If the Conservative council can’t even fill potholes pointed out by the prime minister, what hope do drivers have?
‘Rishi Sunak is running out of road here in Darlington.’
However, a Darlington Council spokesperson insisted: ‘The pothole will be repaired this week in line with our procedures.’
The Conservatives have claimed their councils fix more potholes than Labour-run councils as the issue becomes a battleground ahead of next month’s local elections.
Labour hit back, accusing the Tories of a ‘decade of broken pothole promises’ after then-PM David Cameron promised to tackle the issue in 2014.
Rishi’s promise has not stopped people taking matters into their own hands, however, with one man filling potholes with pot noodles.
The PM has also come under fire over reports his heated pool uses so much energy the local electricity network had to be upgraded.