OPINION - Rishi Sunak made three mistakes in starting his culture war with Greece over the Elgin Marbles
The first rule of starting a culture war is that you have to look like you believe in your cause. British politics has unusually low standards for charisma — Nigel Farage is a “personality” in politics, but not, it turns out, when you put him among actual celebrities on a reality TV show. But still, someone like Farage could pull off a tantrum over the Elgin Marbles. Sunak can’t. And this, in part, is because you don’t believe he believes what he is saying.