Rishi Sunak's American Connection

"He was all over it," he said. "They [Mr Sunak and his boss] had studied the industry and CSX in depth for months and their mastery of the industry and CSX was astonishing."

In 2009, in the wake of the financial crisis, top leaders at TCI left to start their own firm Theleme and took Mr Sunak with them.

He became part of a team of two based in Santa Monica, a beach-side city just outside of Los Angeles, and famous as the home of celebrities such as David Beckham and Christian Bale.

He invested in companies such as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and started to put down ties to the area, joining the board of local Boys & Girls Club, a charity which runs after-school programmes and other activities for needy children.

Aaron Young, who led the organisation at the time, says he was surprised to see Mr Sunak become prime minister but that his ambition was always evident.

"I think he always had aspirations," Mr Young said.

Mr Sunak ultimately left the US, won a seat in the UK Parliament in 2015 and started his rapid ascent in British politics. But his California years have remained a frequent touchstone.

He has said he tried to introduce a "start-up" mentality while leading the Treasury Department, and credited Stanford for pushing him to shed "incremental" ways of thinking.

The years in the US also informed his decision to back Brexit, he told the BBC in 2019.

"The pace of change is just accelerating around the world - that was my experience being in California," he said. "My general broad view was given the pace of change... being independent and having the flexibility and nimbleness to react would be of enormous value to us."

Mr Sunak and his wife continue to maintain a flat in Santa Monica, which they regularly visit. But his ties to the US have at times caused an outcry.

This year, it emerged he had retained his Green Card, giving him the right to live and work in the US as a permanent resident. He returned it in October last year, ahead of his first American trip as a government minister.

The disclosure occurred around the time it was revealed his wife did not pay taxes as a UK resident.

The controversies have been used to raise questions about Mr Sunak's commitment to the country, despite his being born and raised in the UK, says Victoria Honeyman, professor of British politics at the University of Leeds.

"There are legitimate questions - if you are chancellor of the exchequer, should your wife have non-dom status? Should you own a green card? The problem is that it gets tied up with a lot of issues that are not necessarily valid," she says, adding: "I'm not sure a white politician would have to make those kinds of justifications to the same degree."

But such controversies are low-level compared to the economic and political crisis he now faces as prime minister, says Rod Dacombe, director of the Centre for British Politics and Government at King's College London.

"The thing that's going to make or break him isn't the kind of story that he presents or his ties to America.

"It's going to be how he deals with the almost impossible economic situation that he's going to face," he said. "Is it going to be fixed in time for the next election? Probably not."

Red is definitely his color.

He looked so much more attractive when he was younger.

Indian mens cum taste like curry!!

His name was Samir, and he had the biggest cock, had to be 10 inches hard(he was a grower).

Temple University had a great "tearoom system" in the late 1980's& 1990's!! That is where Samir went to school. Beury Hall, Mitten Hall, Student Assistance center (SAC, where the bookstore was located).

I wonder if he ever ran across a D-List actress named Markle while he was in LA?

That's great, California, Stanford, sure, but the important question is: Is Rishi cut or uncut?

He definitely has BDF. I find him kind of sexy, though his facial proportions are almost too large. In general though, I tend to find a lot of Indian men really hot. Dev Patel is my dream husband.

This is great, if there's one thing Brits love more than non-whites it's non-white Americans. Move over Meghan, there's a new demon in town

Hairy chest. Hawt !

He’s still handsome which will help in the next election. He did very well in Prime Miniter’s questions in the House yesterday. Lots of energy, held his own, and seemed to be enjoying it. The opposition parties landed a few blows but nothing serious. Truss always seemed like a deer in the headlights in her two appearances before the House.

Two hours ago R9 claims Sunak did well at PMQs 'yesterday', a Friday, when there weren't any PMQs. They happen only on Wednesdays. And in last week's one, his first, he was shit. He clearly lied about Braverman , never answered an question and brayed 'Corbyn' straight out of the Johnson playbook.

Sunak is a repugnant creature: a right wing social climber who is desperate to be an aristocrat, is extremely corrupt (just ask him and his wife how many millions they've evaded in tax over the years) and like all neoliberal pigs, he blames the poor for his own failures. Let's remember that when he was chancellor of the exchequer, the economy was in shambles and the only thing that prevented massive cuts and extreme austerity was COVID - if he had applied the measure he wanted to apply during the pandemic, there would have been a revolution.

Also, let's remember that NOBODY has voted for him - not even the members of the Conservative Party, who preferred a simpering idiot like Truss to this weasely, pathologically arrogant void of charisma and neoliberal dogmatism. He has only been elected because he was the last viable candidate left and no, this doesn't have anything to do with racism and everything to do with his absolute lack of integrity.

We need to see a shirtless photo.

Calm down, girls, he's 5'5" and weighs 100lbs soaking wet 🙄

And, no, 20lbs of him is NOT cock