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It's the story of a charming man: our long read on how Chancellor Rishi Sunak eclipsed Boris Johnson
MPs are wooed over coffee, pastries, and fruit. The chancellor asks them about their local constituencies, is briefed well on much of the detail, and candid about govt errors 1/
MPs are wooed over coffee, pastries, and fruit. The chancellor asks them about their local constituencies, is briefed well on much of the detail, and candid about govt errors 1/
Sunak "walks the walk of a prime minister,” said one Tory who had been to a breakfast gathering. “People look at him and he’s smart, he’s pleasant, he’s polite. What’s not to like?” 2/
“I keep getting Rishi branded emails with a big picture of him called ‘News from Number 11,’” one MP said. “No one else does this. We don’t get emails with ‘News from Number 10.’” 3/
Johnson’s team has noticed how tensions have grown with Sunak in recent months 4/
Johnson’s team is taking care to avoid pushing MPs to vote—for fear, as one of his supporters said, of destroying the illusion that he retains authority. “There is no discipline,” the person said. “It’s out of control.” 5/
