With six candidates still standing, our panellists discuss who would make the best – or least worst – prime minister
– not because they think she is one of them but because the vagueness in her prospectus makes her look malleable, which is to say amenable to capture by backbench fanatics. Mordaunt’s genial manner has a suspiciously “Boris-lite” ring of ethical plasticity.Rishi Sunak
is too obsessed with the culture wars, and we’ve had enough divisiveness for quite some time. I cannot get behind Rishi Sunak for three reasons. First, I’m not sure he actually has any beliefs of his own, and we’ve just witnessed what happens when there’s a complete lack of principles in No 10. Second, it’s hard to believe that a billionaire is the best person to tackle a cost of living crisis.
We know Sunak. We know he is different to Johnson. Standing by the prime minister’s side as his chancellor – dapper, suave, sober, details-oriented – he always made a startling contrast. True, he is far from perfect. He is at his worst when he tries too hard not to seem like the nerdy swot he is , and his wife’s offshore tax status was a big mistake. Yet he is the only experienced candidate with a record of competence.
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