And “halving inflation” is a weasly commitment anyway because inflation is an annual figure. So by the end of the year we’ll be comparing to December 2022, when inflation was 10% and prices had already increased a lot.

In other words, he was really saying: “In 12 months, I promise that prices will only be 5% higher than they are right now.”

Doesn’t really seem very ambitious when put like that, does it?