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“That’s a straw man,” Zagata insisted.

An official straw poll of conference attendees only underlined what by then was obvious.

In Florida, Governor DeSantis, the distant second-place finisher in that 2021 presidential straw poll, won a surprising double-digit re-election victory, fuelling speculation that he might be the real frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Mike Padgham, who chairs the Yorkshire-based Independent Care Group, said the NI rise could be the "last straw" for some providers in his area.

She and her husband were unhappy with the Model Y’s quality and Tesla’s service, she said, but Musk’s politics and increasingly bizarre behavior were the last straw: “We said we’re done. He doesn’t align with our values anymore.”