The Tories might be trailing in the polls but there was no sign of glum faces in Westminster last night. The crème de la crème of the Conservative establishment was out in force to hail the fifth birthday of the Onward think tank. Star of the show was a beaming Rishi Sunak, displaying no indication of any pre-election nerves in his speech.
The PM remarked on his shock at the SNP paying him a compliment and Nick Cave’s coronation plans before praising the quality of attendees, remarking that ‘looking around this room tonight, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many prospective Tory parliamentary candidates in one place since my own selection.’ The craven careerists duly tittered appreciatively.
Sunak joked that ‘I have two young daughters so I have been to a fair few fifth birthday parties in recent years but I’ve got to say this is the first one I’ve been to at the Reform Club’ before giving his thoughts on his tenure thus far.
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