The next leader of the Conservative Party must have “strength of character” and be able to make “difficult decisions” that could prove unpopular, David Davis has said.
Former Brexit secretary and supporter Rishi Sunak told Times Radio: “A future leader of this country will already have economic problems to deal with, the crisis in Ukraine and the oil supply, an energy supply crisis and others that you will face. road, Taiwan, you name it, and you will have to be able to make difficult decisions.
“You’ll remember, again, going back to the Thatcher example if you like, tough, often unpopular decisions for years but they got the result and that’s what we need.
“We need someone who has the strength of character, that is, as I say, consistency of principle, courage, intellect, to do that and I think that person is Rishi Sunak.”