‘This can only end badly’: Tories fear Sunak policy blitz is bound to fail

Prime minister Rishi Sunak rolls back the green agenda in what could be the biggest gamble of his political career.
Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/EPA

As world leaders gathered at the UN climate summit in New York last Tuesday, a topic that was sparking lively discussion on the margins was Rishi Sunak’s “no-show”.

“There were a lot of people asking why he hadn’t come,” said one British source who attended. “Most other world leaders were there.”