Rishi Sunak sits in the office of prime minister as if placed there on secondment from some other Conservative party – one that hasn’t been in power for 13 years. If there is credit for trying to fix things that are broken about Britain, he will claim it, but accountability for the breakage is not his concern.
He chose not to express a view on Monday when MPs endorsed the report that censured Boris Johnson for lying wilfully and repeatedly to parliament. Sunak said he respected the committee that investigated his predecessor but, speaking as head of the government, preferred not to meddle in matters for the legislature.
