Mr Sunak has made a high-stakes bet by ordering a leak investigation: if he identifies a senior Johnson’s staff member as the burglar, he may have the courage to take on a leadership challenge, but it could also explode in his face. if: For example, it turned out that one of his staff stabbed him in the back. His decision to ask Lord Geidt, the prime minister’s independent adviser on standards, to review his personal arrangements is another bet. Mr Sunak insists he has followed the advice of his permanent secretaries at all times on what he should and should not say publicly, but Lord Geidt could have decided that Mr Sunak should have been more transparent, a fact which would leave the chancellor in a difficult position. Mr. Sunak is thought to have gone through his and his wife’s finances when he first became a minister in 2018 with Helen MacNamara, the head of decency and ethics, including their green cards and his wife’s status away from home. and he was given the Clear. Many Tory supporters believe Mr Sunak could be ashamed if he were actually trying to run for leader. Someone said: “Everything that happened last week shows his lack of political conscience. “I find it really amazing that he would have kept a green card and that they thought they could escape with his wife by avoiding UK taxes. “Everything may have been within the rules, but it casts a great shadow over any proposal that it has the political means to hold the highest office. It also shows that if he seriously wanted to become prime minister, he should have a better team around him. “ Some supporters and ministers, especially those who have lived through the misery of opposition, believe that Mr Sunak was promoted very quickly: having been an MP for less than seven years, he is the most inexperienced chancellor in memory. Cabinet ministers who have turned a blind eye to the Chancellor’s team have been thrilled with his plight, describing him and his wife as “Rishi Notax and Akshata Murky” and exchanging laughter emoji on WhatsApp groups.
