Boris Johnson’s intervention on Brexit is really aimed at Rishi Sunak
The former PM’s warning over the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill has been timed to cause maximum difficulty for his replacement.
ByRishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative Party who was prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the former prime minister here.
On the Northern Ireland protocol Rishi Sunak must win over the DUP and his own party
The Prime Minister is in Belfast to meet with the DUP, which has refused to form a government until its…
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A Brexit truce won’t last for long
A Labour government would face inexorable pressure from Remainers to pursue a far deeper relationship with the EU.
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Subscriber of the week: Murray Rowlands
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Rishi Sunak’s middle ground strategy pleases no one
The Prime Minister faces two diagnoses of the Conservatives’ problems, and two contradictory solutions.
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Letter of the week: Our duty to Afghanistan
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Why Ireland still haunts the Tories
The Conservative Party is too ignorant about the country to make Brexit work.
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Labour must seize the interventionist moment
As the US and the EU embrace an era of state-led economic policy, the UK risks being left behind.
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We need a reform of council tax, not a rise
Your ludicrous bill was decided when Rishi Sunak was 11 years old.
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Have the Conservatives done enough for women?
The Tories claim they are standing up for women’s rights, but their track record tells a different story.
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This Brexit truce was inevitable
Hardliners may squeal, but as the economy suffers the UK needs to reevaluate its relationship with its biggest trading partner.
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The civil servants’ expenses files reveal a government committed to waste
The GPC revelations are the latest scandal to highlight how the Conservatives have squandered Britain’s resources.
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Replacing lost Sure Start centres is a tacit admission of austerity’s failure
The Tories are trying to repair another chunk of the state they wished they hadn’t lopped off.
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Rishi and Piers triumph over Boris and Nadine in TalkTV ratings battle
The channel’s interview with Sunak pulled in more than twice as many viewers as that with Johnson.
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Will Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle restore his authority?
Critics say the Prime Minister’s cabinet changes and Whitehall restructure only reveal his weaknesses.
Michael Gove and the levelling up agenda have been hamstrung
The Treasury will reportedly oversee all of the Levelling Up Department’s capital spending.
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Will Volodymyr Zelensky secure British jets for Ukraine?
Ukraine’s president visits the UK, and the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict intensifies.
The “world’s next Silicon Valley” is unlikely to be in Britain
Legislation needs to catch up with Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt’s lofty ambitions for UK tech.
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PMQs: Sunak and Starmer unite in solidarity with Ukraine
There was a remarkable show of bipartisanship from both leaders.
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Another Rishi reshuffle won’t help him restore party discipline
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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