On the Government benches life comes at you fast. Soon you might be fortunate enough to be tapped on the shoulder and be offered a junior ministerial… - Rishi Sunak

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On the Government benches life comes at you fast. Soon you might be fortunate enough to be tapped on the shoulder and be offered a junior ministerial role, then you’ll find yourself attending cabinet, then in the cabinet and then when the prime minister’s position becomes untenable you might end up being called to the highest office. And before you know it you have a bright future behind you and you’re left wondering whether you can credibly be an elder statesman at the age of 44.

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About Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to the 2024 general election; he will resign as Leader of the Conservative Party once arrangements for selecting his successor have been confirmed. Earlier, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Second Johnson ministry from 2020 to July 2022, being appointed following the resignation of Sajid Javid in February 2020. Sunak has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond in Yorkshire since 2015. He is married to Akshata Murty, the daughter of the co-founder of Infosys.

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