With the Conservative Party languishing in the polls, Rishi Sunak could do with some divine intervention. He met Pope Francis at the G7 summit in southern Italy on Friday but joked the pair did not have time for a “long enough spiritual conversation”.
Sunak’s party is said by many to be in the midst of a death spiral, following weeks of gaffes and missteps, which culminated in him being accused of insulting war veterans by leaving the D-Day commemoration early.
Now, for the first time, he has opened up about how he has dealt with the difficulties he and his party have faced, saying he had turned to his faith to give him the strength to carry on.
Denying he was frustrated that the public