Election watch: Sunak denies being a Tory wet | Daily round-up

Rishi Sunak has revealed that he recently talked to Boris Johnson about the “risk” that Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, poses to the country. In an exclusive interview with The Daily T podcast, the Prime Minister said the pair were “literally in touch the other day”, but declined to say whether Mr Johnson would campaign for him. He also said he was a Thatcherite, warned that the current level of immigration was “unsustainable” and defended his new national service policy. He said he finds it “hugely puzzling” when some critics claim he is a Tory “wet” – the dismissive phrase Margaret Thatcher used for her liberal Conservative colleagues. Mr Sunak said: “One of my proudest moments actually in this job was to have in your paper, the endorsement of Nigel Lawson when I ran to be leader of our party. Nigel Lawson is one of the titans of Conservative politics, particularly as a chancellor. I’ve always been an enormous admirer of his. “I believe my approach to economics is sq