Sunak’s anti-asylum plan may not be as politically beneficial as he hopes
Announcing that migrants illegally crossing the Channel won’t be able to stay is popular, but its actual impact may be…
ByRishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative Party who was prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the former prime minister here.
Rishi Sunak needs to learn from Keir Starmer’s ruthlessness
The Prime Minister needs to marginalise Boris Johnson as thoroughly as the Labour leader has Jeremy Corbyn.
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Migrant mathematics: the real calculation behind Sunak’s refugee crackdown
While overseeing record net migration, the Prime Minister is making a show of zero tolerance towards asylum seekers.
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The Brexiteers know they’re losing
The momentum is now with those who want a close relationship between the UK and the EU.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list promises to be a nepotistic gong show
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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PMQs: The two leaders are entering election mode
Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are feeling more confident after the past week.
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Sunak’s Windsor deal has left Boris Johnson high and dry
The DUP and Brexiteer rebellion against the Prime Minister’s EU deal seems like it will be minimal.
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The rewards of diplomacy
The Windsor framework represents unambiguous progress, and could clear the way for power-sharing to resume in Northern Ireland.
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Turnips over tomatoes? My taste of Brexit Britain’s withering food culture
As supermarkets ration salad, the Environment Secretary suggests Britons turn to turnips. But even that is a distant dream.
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Rishi Sunak discovers the EU is great after all
Can the Prime Minister, and noted Brexiteer, not hear himself?
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Rishi Sunak has proved himself – but trouble still lies ahead
The PM’s Northern Ireland triumph won’t be enough in the face of deep domestic discord.
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What does Rishi Sunak gain from the Northern Ireland deal?
The “Windsor framework” may restore the UK’s reputation. Whether the PM sees any electoral benefit is another matter.
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Will a Northern Ireland Protocol deal make or break Rishi Sunak?
If the Prime Minister is forced to rely on Labour votes it will be a major blow to his authority.
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Rishi Sunak has an opportunity to purge the Brexit ultras
The Prime Minister should threaten to remove the whip from those Tories who vote against a deal on Northern Ireland.
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Can Rishi Sunak solve the Brexit Schleswig-Holstein question?
There’s one way to end the stalemate over Northern Ireland.
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PMQs: Keir Starmer plays Rishi Sunak and Tory MPs off against each other
The Labour leader’s strategy on the Northern Ireland protocol is to let the Conservative Party cannibalise itself.
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Boris Johnson is plotting to oust Sunak, says George Osborne – and No 10 is worried
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Keir Starmer plays divide and conquer with Northern Ireland deal
Labour wants a closer relationship with the EU, so it makes sense to get that now while casting Brexiteers as…
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Keir Starmer has most to gain from resolution of the Northern Ireland Protocol
The fury of Brexiteers and unionists at compromise only makes Labour look more like the grown-ups in the room.
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Rishi Sunak must face down the Tory Militant Tendency
The Conservative MPs determined to thwart solutions to the Irish border problem are the same ones who created it.
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