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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Little sign that Sunak will tack towards centre after local elections rout

Rishi Sunak makes a pointing gesture with his right hand as he speaks in front of Tory party supporters holding signs saying 'Vote Conservative'
Rishi Sunak, right, speaks next to the re-elected mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchen, in Darlington on Friday. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters

As the terrible council and mayoral results rolled in for the Conservatives on Friday night, was there any part of Rishi Sunak that regretted sealing Boris Johnson’s fate as prime minister by resigning as his chancellor less than two years ago?

This could have been Johnson’s defeat, hurtling towards a Labour landslide at a general election, with Sunak and his allies plotting how to replace him thereafter.

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