LOOKING AT THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY

Rishi Sunak took over this week as the youngest prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), becoming the third leader of the country in about two months. His elevation marked a moment of pride for many Indians due to his family’s origins in undivided India even as his staunchly conservative credentials and market savvy — he was a hedge-fund manager before taking the political plunge — gave hope that the British economy, roiled by the short-lived policies of his predecessor Liz Truss, could be looking at a recovery.

This week, we recommend Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took over the UK by Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper, who looks at the Conservative Party’s habit of regularly winning elections and examines, with interviews and anecdotes, how the party draws its top echelon of leaders from a small coterie of men drawn from elite institutions and privileged networks.

How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took over the UK

2022

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