Health and climate crises will shape Sunak’s legacy

The UK has its first prime minister of Sotonian origin. It matters little who you are, where your family is from—Southampton or south Asia—or how rich you are. The colour of your skin or your ethnicity is not the apogee of your achievement. The fact that Rishi Sunak also happens to be of south Asian origin has a powerful resonance in the 75th year of the region’s independence from the British empire, but he will be judged by what he stands for and what he achieves.Sunak, son of a GP and a pharmacist, should have no difficulty in understanding the importance of health and wellbeing, although he has made it clear that the economic crisis is his primary concern. Tough decisions lie ahead. He also speaks of integrity, trust, “levelling up,” and a “stronger NHS.” This cannot be empty rhetoric, but solving the economic crisis while narrowing inequalities and strengthening…
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