Irish Examiner View: Rishi Sunak will face plenty of problems

New British prime minister Rishi Sunak must draw together a nation hobbled by the incompetence of his predecessors.

Rishi Sunak speaking at the CBI annual dinner at the Brewery in London. Picture: PA

Rishi Sunak has inherited the biggest time bomb in modern British political history. 

As the putative leader of the Conservative Party and by consequence, set to shortly receive the keys to Number 10 Downing Street and the by now-dubious honour of the prime ministership, he faces many, many problems.