Talk:Rishi Sunak

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 August 2023

Subsections § Environment and § Foreign policy of section § Premiership (2022–present) should be merged into the corresponding subsections § Energy and the environment and § Russia and Ukraine of section § Political positions, IMO.

The only difference between the material included in the former and latter is whether something occurred before or after he assumed office, as far as I can tell. Alternatively, the rest of the recent material in "positions" could be moved to "premiership", creating corresponding subsections there as needed. It makes more sense to me to keep this article's "premiership" section compact, though, and leave it to the dedicated article linked in its hatnote to focus on prime-ministerial actions as opposed to overall views.

Cheers!

- 2A02:560:587D:BD00:BD75:9630:6CCF:BD9A (talk) 16:16, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit extended-protected}} template. Apologies for the long wait. IMO they do have a difference, the parts in premiership are actual actions he made while political positions only has his thoughts. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:27, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Political Positions

Sunak has been described as a moderate within his party with a technocratic or managerial leadership style. According to Euronews, Sunak is "frequently perceived as a pragmatist and as belonging to the centre-ground of the Conservative Party". He opposed Trussonomics, and although described as a fellow Thatcherite, he is viewed as less economically liberal than Liz Truss. In April 2023, Sunak's perception as a centrist has been contrasted with descriptions of his government's policies on transgender rights and migration issues as being socially conservative, with Jessica Elgot of The Guardian describing Sunak as the "most socially conservative PM of his generation". Robert Shrimsley of the Financial Times described Sunak as someone whose "easy manner, career in global finance and ethnic background might suggest a more cosmopolitan conservative", even though he is socially conservative and pragmatic. Meanwhile, the New Statesman described Sunak as uneasily straddling both liberal-conservative and national-conservative instincts. In July 2023, The Economist described him as "the most right-wing Conservative prime minister since Margaret Thatcher". 62.252.144.35 (talk) 13:39, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Protest Song: Rishi Sunak is a Rat Faced Cunt

Does the protest song, Rishi Sunak is a Rat Faced Cunt need it's own entry? As it's suddenly shot up in the UK charts over the past few days. Signofgehenna (talk) 14:18, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

If you can create a well-sourced article, then sure. I note that similar song by the same artist, Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt, has its own article. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 14:23, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

And, come to think of it, Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce has one too. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 14:26, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they do a song on Phillip Schofield too? If so, it also seems to be missing an article. They did anther protest song about the Tories as a whole last year, which I believe is also missing an article. --209.93.85.21 (talk) 10:48, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

They did do a song on Schofield, but it doesn't look like this received press coverage. Also can't seem to find much coverage on the Sunak song either. Places in the charts are one thing, but without any other sources covering the song it's unlikely they will be mentioned in the Phillip Schofield article or on this article respectively, never mind having a separate article on the songs themselves. GnocchiFan (talk) 17:48, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Response to Israel-Hamas conflict

Is this worth a mention in the lead? It occurred during Sunak's premiership and Sunak, as the incumbent UK PM, is heavily involved in the UK's response to the conflict. 209.93.85.21 (talk) 12:37, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Unless it becomes a defining part of his premiership it's probably WP:UNDUE to mention in the lead. — Czello ^(music) 13:12, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

And if it is mentioned, it should be in the lead of Premiership of Rishi Sunak, not this article (which is already bloated with detailed information more properly placed in that article). Bazza (talk) 13:26, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

I also agree that it's undue. Whatever one's personal opinions are on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its recent escalation, it's hard to see how any other British PM would have acted differently. Braverman's recent comments criticising the police and accusing them of bias in policing pro-Palestine rallies may be a defining feature of her tenure (although it's possibly too soon to know that), as these do seem to be departures from the norm (home secretaries don't usually openly criticise the police in national newspapers). So Sunak's decision to keep her or not may be noteworthy to mention in the lead in the future, but that depends on what happens next - in Wikipedia terms, it's too much crystal ball territory for the time being. GnocchiFan (talk) 17:54, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 November 2023

Please change "Sunak supports his predecessor's policy of lowering net migration" to "Sunak supports Johnson's policy of lowering net migration".

Sunak's immediate successor was Liz Truss, whose immigration policy was actually to increase migration in order to stimulate the economy. Therefore the statement as it is written is not accurate. 5.61.122.219 (talk) 22:53, 25 November 2023 (UTC)