
POTHOLE premier Rishi Sunak said fixing roads mattered more than upgraded rail services in interviews today.
And Mr Sunak bizarrely said he dreamed of piloting a starship in the Star Wars franchise while being unable to decide on whether to go ahead with the HS2 rail line from Birmingham to Manchester.
Mr Sunak made the comments in an interview for BBC Radio Manchester which saw him unable to answer whether the Manchester section of the high-speed line would ever be built.

Zarah Sultana’s recent brave criticisms of Labour from 2015 to 2020, including Brexit triangulation, IHRA capitulation and insufficient fighting spirit, have ruffled feathers but started an essential discussion, writes ANDREW MURRAY

ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party