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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

The real Rish! has been hiding in plain sight – don’t look for Mr Nice Guy within

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak: ‘Just another Tory leader, scanning the horizon frantically for any available life raft.’ Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP/Getty

Just when you thought it could not get any worse after last week … On the plus side, at least the prime minister managed to last 30 minutes without calling Keir Starmer “Sir Softy”. That currently ranks as the height of maturity for Rishi Sunak. The ability to act like a well-behaved 12-year-old. Give that man a pat on the head.

But make no mistake, this was yet another excruciatingly piss-poor prime minister’s questions. A national embarrassment. God knows what any outsider looking in might make of it. Perhaps it’s an extension of the government’s small boats plan to stop foreigners coming here.

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