Rishi Sunak’s resignation from government alongside Sajid Javid triggered a landslide that saw more than 50 Conservative ministers follow suit over a chaotic 40-hour period that finally brought an end to Boris Johnson’s scandal-plagued premiership.
With the prime minister on the way out, the former chancellor, 42, now finds himself leading the pack to replace him, moving quickly to set up a campaign headquarters in a Westminster hotel and quickly firing out a promotional video.
