Rishi Sunak has been ‘taken prisoner’ by rebels on Tory right, says Labour
It’s reported British prime minister was told to move further right if he wanted to stay in that role
Rishi Sunak has “become a prisoner” of right-wing MPs in the Tory party “with dangerous views” as he tries to cling on to power after calamitous local election results, according to the Labour Party.
The UK prime minister spent yesterday bunkered down after his party lost almost 500 council seats in the local elections, suffered a stunning defeat in the West Midlands mayoral race and a humiliation in London where Sadiq Khan was easily re-elected.
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