'Rishi Sunak needs new policies to turn things around, not political strategies'
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Rishi Sunak needs policy solutions, not political strategies
Stephen Bush in the Financial Times
"A high-profile reshuffle or another change of direction is not going to help the prime minister turn things around," says Stephen Bush in the Financial Times. Rishi Sunak's problem is that when people "can't get a doctor's appointment", and "when petty crimes go unsolved" and "two-thirds of British households are cutting back on spending", political strategies "are no longer adequate solutions". The Tory leader would "be better off rolling the dice with a new policy for the NHS than a new party chair".
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Viktor Orban: Enemy Within
The Times editorial board
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We need another Industrial Revolution
Adrian Pabst in The New Statesman
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Shoplifting is not a victimless crime
The Telegraph editorial board
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