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Sunakism
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English
Etymology
From en Sunak -ism.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsuːnækɪzəm/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sunakism.wav Southern England
Noun
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en UK politics The political philosophy associated with Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.
en 2020-12-19 Katy Balls; Fraser Nelson ‘It’s not morally right to keep borrowing at these levels’: Rishi Sunak’s plan to fix the UK economy w:The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-not-morally-right-to-keep-borrowing-at-these-levels-rishi-sunaks-plan-to-fix-the-uk-economy/ This is Sunakism: a belief that it’s suicidal for any government to depend on high borrowing and low interest rates, because those rates could surge at any time. https://web.archive.org/web/20251011111746/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-not-morally-right-to-keep-borrowing-at-these-levels-rishi-sunaks-plan-to-fix-the-uk-economy/ 11 October 2025
2021-10-27 w:Heather Stewart Johnsonism wins budget battle but will Sunakism win the war? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/27/johnsonism-wins-budget-battle-but-will-sunakism-win-war But for the time being, it feels as though Johnsonism – with its infrastructure spending and red wall handouts – is winning out over whatever Sunakism might turn out to be. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018130119/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/27/johnsonism-wins-budget-battle-but-will-sunakism-win-war 18 October 2026