What is Rishi Sunak going to do as prime minister? We are still little the wiser, even after he addressed the nation from CCHQ with an extremely short and vague statement. Without managing to look into the camera filming him, he promised that he would bring the party and the country back together, and paid tribute to his predecessor for leading the country with 'dignity and grace'.
Sunak said 'there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge', and that unity was the 'only way we will overcome the challenges we face and build a better, more prosperous future for our children and our grandchildren'. He would, he vowed, 'work day in, day out, to deliver for the British people'. And that was it.
The incoming prime minister had expected the wheels to come off the Truss government at some point, though the speed at which they did – and then the gap between the outgoing PM and the new leader being appointed – surprised him.
