Rishi Sunak leads a Conservative Party “in tatters” | UK Politics | New Statesman
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as posted by the channelRishi Sunak is now Prime Minister, but despite being selected by Tory MPs their party is still divided.
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Rachel Wearmouth, Anoosh Chakelian and Ben Walker discuss a listener’s question: why are there Tory MPs who oppose Rishi Sunak, and will the party remain divided?
As Sunak becomes the 4th Prime Minister in 3 years, Chakelian outlines the concerns amongst Tory MPs that he isn’t a “true conservative” due to the furlough scheme he introduced during the pandemic and his initial attempts to raise income tax.
To explain the tricky situation that Sunak is in, Walker encourages the viewer to “imagine Downing Street being on fire”, as the new PM enters at a when the “Conservative Party brand is in tatters”.
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