Sunak proves again the adage that you cannot ride two horses at once
Rishi Sunak clings to a coalition of voters based on Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn’s unpopularity.
It is almost possible to feel sorry for Rishi Sunak. He is like the nerdy teenager whose party span wildly out of control, desperately trying to sort out the mess after a mob of drunken pals spilled drinks, snorted drugs, stained carpets, smashed up furniture andHe knows that he unleashed the damage by running with the wrong crowd, but hoped to escape blame by clearing up some of the carnage and fixing a few broken items before his parents return home.
The problems for Sunak are three-fold as, amid a cost of living crisis, he clings to a coalition of voters based on Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn’s unpopularity. First, he owns the mess as someone who supported Brexit and propped up Boris Johnson in power – even if he did go on to help oust the shameless liar, warn about the risks of Liz Truss’s reckless reign and deliver more grown-up government. Hence my use of the word “almost” in the first sentence of this article.
Second, as Brexit becomes increasingly unpopular, Sunak is still repelling crucial chunks of the electorate by stirring up distasteful culture wars, pushing policies such as the repulsive Rwanda refugee scheme and providing platforms for the likes of Home Secretary Suella Braverman toand party vice-chairman Lee Anderson to demand restoration of capital punishment.
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