To wish Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister

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He just seems more in touch.

I am sick of the hard right in politics. Out of all the remaining members of the Cabinet, while BJ is in hospital, Rishi Sunak seems to be the most admirable MP.

AIBU?

He looked good giving away money to everyone. Well there's a surprise, it's the political equivalent of tapping the ball into an open goal from 2 yards out.

I agree he comes across very well and ofcourse he is favourable in peoples eyes atm as he is sending out cash left right and centre. Haven't looked into his voting history but I wouldn't say potential PM based on his current performance. He won't be popular when this has blown over and budgets to recover the economy are presented.

I vaguely remember when he first got the job and people were spouting that he would be Boris's yes man. He looked nervous when he first appeared with a permanent grin like kid being allowed at the adult table at dinner.

I do like him at face value.

Well they did wheel out Prita Patel at the daily conference today. Do you think someone from Conservative HQ has been following this thread?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52252470

Not when she's such a fucking liability.

I’m a Conservative and I will definitely support him if he ever stands - reading these comments you can see he has the critical ability to appeal outside of our core voters

Reminds me of one of the apprentice candidates who sucks up to Alan Sugar. That's my first impression, but haven't seen enough of him yet to form an opinion.

Like pp have said, he is another MP from a privileged background and he doesn't really stand out to me as someone refreshingly different or approachable.

He's already said there will be payback of sorts for all this money he's doling out. I'm sure half the people on this thread will feel differently then.

And lets see if people actually end up with the emergency funds they have been promised. We will find out soon enough how good he really is. I give it three weeks before you hear stories on the news about people not getting a single penny.

Sunak is the best of a bad lot and certainly seems to have more of a plan than the rest of the Cabinet, but the minute he is challenged, eg on the fact it would be sensible to delay Brexit, he reverts to Tory approved sound bites and nonsense rhetoric.

I’d much rather Keir Starmer was PM.
Top human rights lawyer, trying to get Ppe to nhs staff (rather than coming out with platitudes and blame a la Hancock) as well as trying to get the tories to reconvene Parliament as this time of crisis.
He is intelligent and credible and I would feel much safer with someone with his integrity run the country.

Yes, I also wish that Keir Starmar could be PM, but it's as likely as pigs flying for the moment. Especially as Johnson has had COVID-19 so will have the sympathy vote for the short term. That's on top of the large majority the Tories already have. Sadly, Mumsnet opinion is a long way from typical of mainstream public opinion. (I wish it were otherwise but I'm a realist.)

At least we have a good opposition leader to hold the government to account, which Starmar is doing very well. You can definitely see why he was a very good barrister.

Americans do have a chance to remove Trump later this year, however. Hopefully they'll do that, his handling of COVID-19 has been a disgrace.