'As the next general election slowly starts to creep into view, will Rishi Sunak be able to unite the party enough to govern effectively?' AliFortescue's analysis as the former chancellor is set to become the next prime minister
He did no media interviews, there were no swish videos - just one plain statement announcing he wanted to be the next prime minister.The former chancellor has managed to bring together very different wings of the party: from Caroline Nokes to Suella Braverman, even the most ardent of Johnson backers, James Duddridge, eventually rowed in behind Mr Sunak.His allies say he has been proven right on the economy, but the divisions in the Tory party run deep and could quickly resurface.
He inherits a grim in-tray in the midst of a cost of living crisis and will need to find a way to stop the Tory party tearing itself apart. They say divided parties do not win elections. As the next general election slowly starts to creep into view, will Mr Sunak be able to unite the party enough to govern effectively?
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