Friday, April 21, 2023

Is Sunak shifting rightwards?

Commentators say PM is starting to show his true colours

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When Rishi Sunak came to power, he promised "unity" and "compassion" – the vocabulary of a Tory keen to position himself as moderate.

Yet less than six months later, the prime minister's hard line on refugees, and on social issues including gender, drugs and crime, makes his early "Red Rishi" tag nothing short of "laughable", said The Guardian's Jessica Elgot.

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