Rishi Sunak has reignighted the Tories' class problem

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I don’t know what Rishi Sunak’s wife looks like. I don’t know who her favourite band is or which football team she supports. Nor do I care and nor is it my business. If journalists or comedians were making bad jokes about Sunak’s family, that would allow him a perfect right to be as indignant about it as he likes. He’s public property – she isn’t.

But that’s not what’s happening when Sunak is being asked questions about his wife’s business with Russian companies. In this case, a senior law-maker is being asked about his close ties to those dealing with Russian businesses as his government decides on and imposes sanctions on that country.