UK PM race: Rishi Sunak’s references to California may have influenced prospects – Times of India

London: Former UK chancellor and prime ministerial hope Rishi SunkiThe team of Silicon Valley senses their context california to succeed early in the campaign boris johnson As the British Prime Minister may have influenced his chances in the Conservative Party leadership contest.
The Daily Telegraph, citing sources in Sunak’s Ready4Sage campaign team, claimed that when he mentioned California for the third time in less than 10 minutes, he felt things were not going well.
To woo Tory members who voted between Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz on stage at a preliminary election in Eastbourne on 5 August trussThe former British Indian minister answers a question about the career he chose as a young graduate while considering the “culture” of enterprise while living on the west coast of the US between 2004 and 2006.
“I think it’s incredibly inspiring and empowering. If I were a young person, I would go and do something similar,” he replied.
Back at his campaign headquarters in central London, staff felt that his focus on California was shown to be out of touch and expressed his failure to win over grassroots Tory members as members voted for more than two. More than one truss is supported.
A source in the campaign told the newspaper, “People started saying it was no longer going to happen and that he was not connecting with the voters in the room.”
“He kept talking about California and the technology. It became an open secret within the campaign that he was not going to win. This was where things really took a turn as everyone was starting to realize it,” The source said.
Sunak’s perceived “blockbuster effect” in the early stages of his leadership came when he was at the forefront of his fellow members. Parliament As the campaign progressed on a broad Tory base, he is now more than 30 points behind the polls and widely expected to lose.
MPs who spoke to ‘The Telegraph’ pointed to his decision to cut VAT on energy bills on 27 July – just weeks after he was taken as chancellor – as an example of what has been called a clear Can be seen as a failure to set the narrative. Tory members at the start of the campaign.
The move was interpreted as a U-turn, showing that Sunak was not serious about his pledge to remain financially hawkish, even in the face of a livelihood crisis.
“His whole campaign was built on not cutting taxes until the time was right, and now he was saying: ‘Look, I’ve declared that time right. It’s like, God, what are you thinking? You can’t have your cake and eat it,” an MP told the newspaper.
The report describes how Sunak travels by car instead of helicopter as his rival, Liz Truss.
A sweet-toothed freak is often seen snacking on a bag of chocolate bites by his staff and a recent picture shows him curling up, his head resting on a backpack, as he engages Takes a nap in between.
But despite this down-to-earth appeal, the self-described tech fan can’t shake the charge that he is “addicted to Twitter” and has failed to connect with the Conservative Party’s broad base of largely older members.
One pro-fadist MP said his team had “played with the clichéd idea of ​​what a membership is”, putting together a campaign of policy ideas that are “the worst of all possible worlds”.
However, loyalists point to the fact that turnout is expected to be low, around 65 per cent, and question the methodology of the election showing the truce consistently leading by more than 30 points. In addition, the focus on rising energy bills is now a key factor in the campaign that is likely to favor moves of targeted support for the former chancellor’s homes.
“The energy price thing is such a prominent feature that what was discussed earlier in the campaign is now somewhat irrelevant,” said a loyalist of Sunak.