Sunak’s meteoric rise could take him all the way to No 10

PA Wire

For Rishi Sunak, winning the support of Tory MPs was the easy part – now he faces a real battle to gain the backing of Conservative members uneasy about his record in office and his part in the downfall of Boris Johnson.

Once the golden boy of the Tory Party, Mr Sunak enjoyed a meteoric rise under Mr Johnson and for so long appeared to be his most likely successor.