Rishi Sunak hints he might not quit as Tory leader immediately if he loses UK general election – live

PM says he ‘loves this party dearly’ and would always put himself at the service of it’Rishi Sunak is speaking at a campaign event in Staffordshire. As the advance briefing predicted, he has just told his audience.I tell you this: once you have handed Keir Starmer and Labour a blank cheque, you won’t be able to get it back.We’ve had a strategy in place and we’ll try to keep to it, which is to carve out really protected time for the kids, so on a Friday – I’ve been doing this for years – I will not do a work-related thing after six o’clock, pretty well come what may.There are a few exceptions, but that’s what we do.[In politics] some people think, if you fill your diary 24/7 and don’t do anything else, that makes you a much better decision maker. I don’t agree with that, I think you’ve got to make space, so we do it …Actually, it helps me, it takes me away from the pressure, it relaxes me, and I think, actually, not only is it what I want to do as a dad, it is better. Continue reading…



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Author : Yohannes Lowe (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)

Publish date : 2024-07-01 19:16:12

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