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The choice between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss
The Conservative Party is suspicious of cleverness
Prejudice may stop Rishi Sunak from becoming prime minister. For Mr Sunak, the grandson of Indian immigrants, comes from a demographic that has long gone unrepresented at the very top of British politics: Old Wykehamists.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The battle for the Stupid Party”
Britain July 23rd 2022
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