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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Sunak faces long goodbye as he fills in during Tory leadership contest

Rishi Sunak waves in head-and-shoulders shot in front of black metal fence
Rishi Sunak outside 10 Downing Street in central London in October 2022. While no longer PM, he has a few more months of being Tory leader. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Little over a year ago, when Sky News’s Beth Rigby asked Rishi Sunak what it felt like to lose, he didn’t know what to say.

It’s a question he will have the chance to ponder as the leader of the opposition over the next three months. Day in, day out, Sunak will be tasked with holding accountable a party and prime minister who defeated him resoundingly in July’s election.

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