Competition time.

Per prediction, the increasingly desperate Conservative government in the UK has taken its next step towards matching Donald Trump’s ‘Nine Syllables That Changed The World’ trick from his 2016 election campaign (Nine Syllables That Changed The World? | Darrell Mann). The first three of the nine magic syllables being ‘Stop The Boats’. The literal UK equivalent to Trump’s ‘Build The Wall’. The same dog-whistle meaning.

Which leaves six more syllables to start appearing in the Conservative lexicon in the coming months. Your job is to work out what they will be before the Tufton Street thinktanks work their distorted magic. Here are a couple of clues to help guide your thinking:

Three syllables attacking the leader of the opposition, and three attacking the Labour equivalent of the ‘swamp’. Probably connecting to the ongoing slow poison of Jeremy Corbyn or Momentum. All six – crucially – needing to tap into the Autonomy-Belonging-Competence Dog-Whistle DNA.

Your time starts now.

Extra bonus marks if you can work out what the Labour Party equivalents are going to be. Bearing in mind that last time around, they completely misunderstood the game (Seven Syllables That Sank Labour? | Darrell Mann). With that dismal memory in mind, here’s a nine-syllable starter: Lockdown Parties. Beach Sewage. Turnips. Or maybe: PPE. Braverman. Tomatoes?

Thinking caps on…