Rishi Sunak is a busted flush. It’s time to call an election | Observer editorial
04-05-2024 21:31 via theguardian.com

Rishi Sunak is a busted flush. It’s time to call an election | Observer editorial

After this week’s terrible results for his party, the only honourable thing to do is let voters decide his fateRishi Sunak’s government began last week by triumphantly announcing that a man whose asylum claim had been rejected had volunteered to take up to £3,000 cash in exchange for agreeing to take a commercial flight to Rwanda – plus the provision of housing, food and healthcare there for five years at a cost of £150,000 to the taxpayer. Sunak bookended it with s
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