Britain | Birds of a Pennyfeather  

Rishi Sunak’s hapless government 

Britain’s prime minister resembles an accident-prone character from Evelyn Waugh

05/05/2022. London, United Kingdom.The Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts the Prime Minister's Business Council with The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, The  Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,  Kwasi Kwarteng, The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi and The Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan.  10 Downing Street. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street
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Editor’s note (January 29th 2023): On January 29th Rishi Sunak sacked Nadhim Zahawi as chairman of the Conservative Party for “a serious breach of the ministerial code”.

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