Did Rishi Sunak deliberately snub Susan Hall by not voting in London?
The IndependentWith the catastrophic local election results suffered by the Tories this weekend, Rishi Sunak’s leadership has again become the focus of attention. But amid the chaos and recriminations, nothing seems to have symbolised the prime minister’s own deficiencies more than the revelation that he was sitting in London during the elections on Thursday but did not get round to voting for his party’s candidate for London mayor, Susan Hall. This has led to speculation that Sunak may, in fact, have understood the electoral law, but did not want to be seen voting for his party’s London mayoral candidate, who in addition to the charges of racism was facing criticism for being weak and the wrong person to try to win back London for the Tories. As one Tory MP noted: “There is no question involving winning in which Susan Hall is the answer.” Why Sunak’s failure to vote in London is important The prime minister is, as the Scots would say, “on a shoogly peg”. One Tory MP, who believed Sunak could vote in both mayoral elections, furiously described how they had been delivering leaflets and trying to get the vote out up to the last minute, “but our prime minister cannot even be bothered to vote”.
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