Two years ago, as Labour s leadership election finally neared the finishing line, Sir Keir Starmer s campaign team got the message they d been dreading DAN HODGES writes
Mr Sunak, 41, looked every inch the statesman in his combat trousers and white t-shirt while he walked around the military town near Richmond, North Yorkshire.
From a drab industrial estate on the outskirts of Peterborough, Rishi Sunak sends a message designed to be heard by the tech giants in the sunshine of California: ‘The right companies aren’t paying the right tax in the right places.’
The 41-year-old Chancellor is hoping to bolster his reputation as the wunderkind of British politics and the heir apparent to Boris Johnson by claiming victory in his tussle with Washington over the super-profits earned by the internet monoliths – and to do so after President Biden’s Air Force One has landed in the UK for next month’s G7 summit.