It has become fashionable to dismiss Britain’s latest prime minister, Rishi Sunak, as weak and unimpressive. There’s a reason for this. He is. Even Conservative MPs who picked him little more than one month ago pour scorn on his performance. Directionless Sunak has already made more U-turns than a taxi driver on speed.
His Labour opponents hold a poll lead of more than 20 percentage points. If an election were held today, the Tories would face a meltdown akin to Canada in 1993. That’s when Kim Campbell’s Progressive Conservatives suffered a 27-point negative swing and were all but wiped out.
