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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn

James Forsyth: the key aide sharing the burden of Sunak’s likely demise

James Forsyth speaks while wearing a Tory party conference  lanyard
James Forsyth, who first met Rishi Sunak at Winchester college, a private school in Hampshire. Photograph: Russell Hart/Alamy

If Rishi Sunak is feeling under pressure over the potential for a Conservative wipeout, someone likely to be sharing that burden is his friend and closest political confidant, James Forsyth.

Despite having little public profile beyond Westminster circles and those familiar with his past role as political editor of the Spectator, Forsyth has been a near-constant companion to the prime minister since becoming his political secretary on Christmas Eve 2022.

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