‘I am the original Brexiteer’ - Rishi Sunak hits back at Nigel Farage challenge

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With polls predicting a Tory defeat in the election, and with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK attracting Leave voters, under-fire Sunak maintains it is the Conservatives who have delivered “Brexit freedoms”. We’re cutting red tape for businesses.” open image in gallery Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty offered prayers at the Akshardham Hindu Temple in New Delhi last year Sunak, 44, also spoke candidly about how his Hindu faith has guided him through the choppy waters of his “death spiral” election campaign. “So that’s what patriotism means to me: it’s having pride in our incredible country for everything that it’s done for me and my family.” open image in gallery Sunak’s team requested interview on same day as D-Day commemorations, ITV claims Mr Sunak’s general election campaign has seen another damaging week, with Labour racing ahead in the latest polls. Your home, your work, your car, your pension, you name it, taxes are going up.” open image in gallery Zelensky and Sunak are said to be friends The interview came as the prime minister warned Russia’s allies they are “on the wrong side of history” and said Vladimir Putin has no interest in “genuine peace” in Ukraine, at a major international summit on Ukraine in Switzerland with Volodymyr Zelensky.