Britain's pragmatic new premier

Efforts to pigeon-hole Sunak tell us more about those making them than about him

Rishi Sunak makes his first speech as Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street

Many outside the UK who don’t closely follow the intricacies of British political life (and some in Britain too) appear to be baffled by the UK’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

They are finding it difficult to place him on the political spectrum. A convinced Brexiteer, he is…