Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak(Daniel Leal/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave an intriguing speech on “new ideas” to senior Tories last night at the Policy Exchange summer party in Westminster. Sunak said leaders must “push ourselves harder”, adding: “I want to see more because the public deserve more.” He said: “Anything truly transformative always begins in the same place: the imagination.” He did not mention the Prime Minister.
Sunak, who was tipped as a future PM before scandals over his wealth and US citizenship, joked that the party was so exclusive that “in years gone by, not even my green card would have given me access”. He also made jibes about Jeremy Hunt’s repeated leadership pushes, and his Cabinet colleague Liz Truss.
