It is now a year since the short, disastrous premiership of Liz Truss. But when Rishi Sunak entered the House of Commons on Wednesday, politics at Westminster seemed just as disconnected from reality as during her chaotic 50-day tenure inside No 10.
Tory backbenchers and ministers greeted Sunak, after their long summer break, with customary roars as he took his seat for prime minister’s questions. The more difficulty their leader is in these days, the more noise they seem to make.
