Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Rishi Sunak, the new Superman of Tory politics. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the darling of his party, as Mutaz Ahmed explained in his perceptive profile published on Reaction ahead of the Summer Statement delivered today. In said statement yet more billions of borrowed money were splurged with the purpose of rescuing the British economy from imminent immolation. The confident way that Sunak performs is a tonic for his party and the country.
Ukraine’s allies pledge new aid at Ramstein
Zelensky attained commitments in air defence from his western allies, but long-range weapons restrictions remain a point of contention.