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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Rish!’s warehouse visit takes the biscuit for talking down to voters

Rishi Sunak takes part in a Q&A with workers on a visit to West William Distribution in Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Rishi Sunak takes part in a Q&A with workers on a visit to West William Distribution in Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Thursday 23 May. Can you spot the secret Tories? Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

A psychotherapist would have a field day with Rishi Sunak. His pathology isn’t quite as obvious as with Boris Johnson or Liz Truss but it is there nonetheless. Scratch the heavily defended surface and you find a suitable case for treatment. There’s the overbearing sense of entitlement combined with a constant craving to be noticed. A man with so little self-worth, his only validation comes from others.

There’s his persistent tetchiness; the irritation at not being properly understood. He needs to be appreciated. Needs people to be grateful to him. For everyone to realise they only exist for him to do them a favour. That is our purpose in life. Satellites to orbit Rish!.

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