Crashing into a shop awning ended the first outing of the Jess Express – but the opposition’s electoral momentum will be harder to stop

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Jess Wilson has barely put a foot wrong since becoming Victorian Liberal leader a little under a year ago. That was until this week, which ended with her campaign bus reversing into a small business.

The bus was launched on Friday, a few days earlier than planned, in what appeared to be an effort to reset Wilson’s relationship with the Spring Street press pack.