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On Sunday evening, following the England football team’s last-gasp equaliser against Slovakia, Mr Sunak posted on social media: “It\u2019s not over until it\u2019s over.”<\/p>\n
Asked if he would be attempting the political equivalent of a Jude Bellingham-esque overhead kick to improve his party’s standing, Mr Sunak, a keen cricket fan, said he was more likely to try a “flashy cover drive”. <\/p>\n
He added that people were still making up their mind and that while not everyone would agree with him, he had the “courage of my convictions”.<\/p>\n
Acknowledging that people had frustrations with the party and with him, the prime minister said it had been a “difficult few years” pointing to the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n
He also said that on NHS waiting lists, he had not made “as much progress as I would like”. <\/p>\n
Mr Sunak said he would be staying on as an MP after the election.<\/p>\n
Asked if he would be staying on as leader of the Conservatives, Mr Sunak said he was focused on the general election campaign. <\/p>\n
“I love this party dearly and of course I’ll always put myself at the service of it and the service of my country.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n