On 25th October 2022 Rishi Sunak became the first person of Asian heritage to become Prime Minister. As Marcus Ryder pointed out in the Guardian there is no such thing as trickle down diversity anymore than there is trickle down economics.
Sunak remains, currently, the richest MP in the Commons and while he is not an Old Etonian he went to Winchester an alternative route to the ruling class.
An important issue was the one-dimensional politics of Sunak’s arrival at No.10. He lost an election for Tory leader in the summer of 2022 to Liz Truss. When she resigned as PM he stood again but this time was elected by no one but appointed by the Tory 1922 Committee. No British Prime Minister has been elected at a General Election and subsequently lost one since Ted Heath (1970-74) so the process, unsatisfactory though it is, is not new.
However Sunak implemented a further period of unnecessary austerity and spending cuts. For this he had no conceivable mandate. It was not the programme Johnson was elected on in December 2019.
Failed culture wars mingled with quirky policies on pot holes, and a significantly divided Tory Party
Two years on the Tories after losing the July 2024 Election have the lowest number of MPs-121-since 1832.
Truss was a complete failure but Sunak is not far behind
If any Tory can do it, he is the most likely..but it is doubtful.
At least he has no need for any bribes or backhanders!