During his time at the Treasury, Rishi Sunak trumpeted his decision to place a portrait of Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s tax-cutting chancellor, behind his desk in No 11 Downing Street.
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We are about to enter a general election year, and although it is conceivable that Rishi Sunak will wait until Jan 28, 2025, the very end of the term allowed, he would be mad to do so. Prime Ministers behind in the polls always hope that by waiting almost until the last possible moment – John Major in 1997, Gordon Brown in 2010 – something might turn up to change their fortunes. They are usually wrong.