How Sunak went from ‘Dishy Rishi’ to ‘Dr Death’

Rishi Sunak, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, will testify at the official Covid-19 inquiry. His signature policy, the Eat Out to Help Out program, may damage him politically as evidence shows it had a “significant causal impact” on the increase in Covid cases. Sunak is accused of prioritizing the economy over public health, and government scientists and officials claim they were not consulted about the program. The inquiry also exposes the inadequate decision-making and rule-breaking by Johnson’s government during the pandemic. Sunak’s association with Johnson and the era of skepticism and mismanagement poses a political risk for him