Sunak’s First 100 Days Were Hit by Strikes and Scandal. Now What?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addressed a gala dinner of his Conservatives on Wednesday night, attempting to reassure his unsettled party that he can improve their electoral prospects.

The Tories sit around 20 points behind in most polls and are facing what most strategists expect to be a general election defeat next year. Still, Sunak marked his first 100 days in office by speaking at a glitzy event celebrating 100 years of the backbench 1922 Committee — underlining that while prime ministers come and go, it’s rank-and-file Conservative MPs that ultimately hire and fire party leaders.