What will Rishi Sunak do next after devastating election loss?
The IndependentSign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Intense speculation about what Rishi Sunak would do after he left Downing Street began even before he entered No 10 – when it was revealed he once held a US green card. Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street on May 15 Even just a few months ago, he again had to say he did not intend to go back to the US, adding that the UK was “home”. Rishi Sunak, his wife Akshata Murty and daughters Anoushka and Krishna in Santa Monica He insisted, however, that he would remain as an MP for five years if he kept his seat – which he did on a bad night for many of his ministers. Former PMs Theresa May and Liz Truss have been noted thorns in Mr Sunak’s side – the former as she tried to hold her party leader’s feet to the fire over net-zero policies and the latter leading a rebellion against his planned smoking ban.