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It was the moment all could see – that this empress has no clothes. The Prime Minister flapping her arms and shrilling that nothing had changed as she U-turned on her poisonous social care plan.

For Unite members – like Danielle Tiplady and Hollie Roblin struggling to make ends meet as nurses – change is exactly what they’re looking for.

For Danielle, Hollie and countless other members, life really has been tougher under the Tories . Due to Tory austerity , Danielle knows nurses who have to choose whether to eat or pay for a roof over their heads. Hollie says she could never even have trained to become a nurse under new Tory cuts, which have seen bursaries axed.

Danielle finished last month with £1.10 in her bank account.

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But Theresa May was confident that as Matron of the Nation she would cruise to certain victory at the polls next week – she had a blank cheque.

Yet less than a week out from election day, Mrs May has been rumbled.

Far from calmly competent, her Tory ship is unsteady – weak and wobbly, it’s stuck on the rocks.

For a political leader who wanted this campaign to be all about her claims to be a leader, this is remarkable.

Her entire campaign had collapsed at the mere mutter of Dementia Tax.

She has run scared from the studio debates and hides from the voters.

Can we really believe that she can be “strong and stable” when faced with 27 EU countries over the negotiating table? Paxo-d as a “blowhard”, they may well have her for Brexit .

Something else has changed in recent days. The majority of the media who have been fawning over Mrs May thus far are now distinctly unimpressed by a campaign that has dodged the voters, refused to provide any policy costings and told pensioners that the Tories are coming for their homes.

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How can the electorate “trust” a prime minister who has six times promised no election, only to backtrack when it suited her?

No wonder that Liar Liar is making its way to the top of the charts. The people are no fools.

The press is also taking a fresh look at Jeremy Corbyn , impressed by growing public support for his sensible programme to renew the nation and his confident, candid answers when under tough scrutiny. Jeremy is starting to get the credit he deserves. No dodging the voters, no spin or robot-droning slogans – just 100% pure Jeremy.

When the likes of broadcasting icon David Dimbleby states the press has treated Jeremy Corbyn disgracefully, then the plates of public opinion are shifting.

Good. The treatment of Corbyn by most of the media has been a disgrace. It’s about time the voters were able to see the man who seeks to lead them for what he really is.

A decent, honest man, Jeremy Corbyn is driven by nothing more than the desire to serve and to make our country a better, more equal place.

Nothing has changed? Well, Mrs May, the voters may just have news for you – everything has changed. Don’t bank that blank cheque just yet.