UK PM race: Rishi Sunak’s California references may have impacted chances | World News,The Indian Express
The move was interpreted as a U-turn that showed Rishi Sunak was not serious about his pledge to remain fiscally hawkish, even in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.
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UK PM race: Rishi Sunak’s California references may have impacted chances
The move was interpreted as a U-turn that showed Rishi Sunak was not serious about his pledge to remain fiscally hawkish, even in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.
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London | Updated: August 29, 2022 7:50:22 am
Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak takes part in an interview with journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer at a hustings event, part of the Conservative party leadership campaign, in Norwich, Britain. (REUTERS/John Sibley)Former UK Chancellor and prime ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak’s team feels his references to the Silicon Valley in California early on in the campaign to succeed Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister may have impacted his chances in the Conservative Party leadership contest.
‘The Daily Telegraph’ quotes sources within Sunak’s Ready4Rishi campaign team to claim that it was when he mentioned California for the third time in less than 10 minutes that they felt things were not going the right way.
On stage at one of the early hustings at Eastbourne on August 5 to lure Tory members voting between Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the British Indian former minister answered a question about the career he would choose as a young graduate by reflecting on the “culture” of enterprise he saw while living on the West Coast of the US between 2004 and 2006.
“I think it’s incredibly inspiring and empowering. If I was a young person, I’d want to go and do something like that,” he replied.
Staff back at his campaign headquarters in central London felt his focus on California showed he was out of touch and summed up his failure to win over grassroots Tory members as polls showed members backing Truss by more than two to one.
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