Rishi Sunak
The latest Tory leadership debate was a grim spectacle
The eyes had it, in last night’s leadership debate. Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak took turns directing to the camera…
The verdict: the second Tory leadership debate
‘If you’re still watching this debate, well done,’ said Mordaunt, bizarrely, in her closing statement. ‘I wish tonight had been…
Where do the Tories go from here?
The hardest thing for any political party to achieve is renewal in government. The Tories have managed it twice since…
Boris’s final days in No. 10
‘So what did he say?’ I asked the ministerial friend who went to tell Boris last week he had to…
The triumph of Tory mediocrity
Every loser wins, once the dream begins. So sang the EastEnders actor Nick Berry in a godawful mid-1980s pop song…
The fatuous idea that politicians must be ‘in touch’
I was in Hyde Park on Friday watching an open-air Pixies show with very great delight when somewhere between ‘Vamos’…
Why Rishi Sunak quit
Why Rishi Sunak quit
Did Jeremy Corbyn win the general election?
Almost five years ago to the day, Amber Rudd had her finest hour in politics. Standing in for the frit…
Letters: The hard truth about soft power
Soft ground Sir: We have heard much over the years from the overseas aid lobby about the value of soft…
Portrait of the week: Boris in Kyiv, Rishi in hot water and crystal meth in a cereal packet
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, travelled to Kyiv in secret and joined President Volodymyr Zelensky for the cameras in…
What Rishi Sunak could learn from George Osborne
I was walking last week from Canary Wharf tube station to my flat in east London – not far, little…
Rishi Sunak’s political naivety
Before the war in Ukraine, ministers and Tory MPs believed a fixedpenalty notice for the Prime Minister would mean the…
I feel sorry for Rishi Sunak
Perhaps I should stress from the get-go that I do not know Rishi Sunak. So far as I know, we’ve…
Who can put the toothpaste of inflation back in its tube?
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s food price index rose 13 per cent last month to stand a third higher…
Why I resigned over partygate
This is an edited version of Lord Wolfson’s resignation letter, following the Met’s decision to fine Boris Johnson and Rishi…
Rishi Sunak breaks his silence
After Boris Johnson issued an apology (along with a pool clip) over the fixed penalty notice he received for attending a…
Six times Boris and Rishi denied breaking the law
Well, that’s that then. This afternoon the Metropolitan Police fined the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of Exchequer for breaking…
Is Rishi just too rich for politics?
The obvious and perhaps only way out of this mess for Rishi Sunak was for his wife to pay double…
Rishi’s wife changes tack on tax
This evening Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty has announced that she will pay UK taxes on her overseas income, following a public backlash…
The war on workers
It is been a familiar story in recent years: a Budget that sounded reasonably good when delivered, but that unravels…
Rishi Sunak’s NFT gimmick is a step too far
We had got used to the expensive trainers. The carefully curated hoodies were just about acceptable. The Twitter feed was…
Is this the end of borrow and spend?
Since the spring statement last week, Rishi Sunak has been dealing with complaints from all sides: the right have been…
The Chancellor’s difficult choices
The Office for Budget Responsibility was designed to protect the Chancellor from accusations that he is cooking the books. If…
The return of fiscal conservatism
Next month, Rishi Sunak will break a Tory manifesto pledge by increasing National Insurance as the tax burden heads to…
Can we trust economic models?
Rishi Sunak shared a delightful moment of honesty on the Today programme on Thursday. Mishal Husain asked him how households…
