announce the 2021 Budget in an attempt to steer the country out of a global pandemic that’s crippled the economy. Which is perhaps why, in the most recent pictures released, Rishi Sunak is dressed like he’s training for a triathlon.
Which, in the metaphorical sense, he is. In days gone by, the be-suited likes of Norman Lamont and Kenneth Clarke would rather be seen in fishnet stockings and suspenders than their gym kit.
Their shirts were dutifully pressed by their Home Counties wives and their ties tied just so. But Sunak’s a different, 21st-century, beast entirely.
He opted for tracksuit bottoms and a Stanford University jersey sweater to pose amidst reams of paper in his office, hard at work but ready for a quick sprint should the need.
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