Saturday, February 10, 2024

Michael Lambert: Rishi Sunak - the Great Loser

Feb 10, 2024 | Rishi Sunak should never have become prime minister. As he shows daily, he is incompetent and out of touch. Sunak follows Cameron, May, Johnson, and Truss, some of the worst prime ministers ever. Sunak is like the captain of the Titanic telling everyone that everything is just fine despite the ship sinking.

He is out of touch and has almost no support. Several factions within the Conservative parliamentary party oppose Sunak and the latest, known as Popular Conservatives was launched last week under disgraced former prime minister Liz Truss.

More than 50 Tory MPs have said they will stand down at the next general election. Sunak keeps appearing on television in the hope of becoming more popular only to become less popular. His interview with Piers Morgan was a disaster as was his ill-judged comment in PMQs to Kier Starmer concerning Brianna Ghey.

Sunak must know that he has no way of winning the next general election and that by hanging on, matters will only get worse.

Further bad news, three by elections, the May council elections, the interim report from the Covid enquiry and the effects of the new import controls are all likely to make matters worse for Sunak.