Has Rishi Sunak got what it takes to fix broken Britain? He’s talked the talk, now he must walk the walk

Has Rishi Sunak got what it takes to fix broken Britain?

That’s the burning question I most wanted answered when we met in the kitchen of his Downing Street flat, and I’m sure Sun readers and viewers are just as keen to know too.

Over the past 30 years, I’ve met nine British PMs – Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and now Sunak.

They were all very different in character and encountered all manner of varied crises.

Watch Piers Morgan's bombshell interview with Rishi Sunak tonight at 8pm on Sky 522, Virgin Media 606, Freeview 237, Freesat 217 or on Fox Nation in the US

But none faced the sheer volume of massive obstacles the current resident of No10 has inherited.

The good news is that Sunak’s under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge facing him and his government, and he knows it’s going to take a lot of very hard work – and luck! - to turn things around.

The bad news is that it’s all going to take time, and the patience of severely disgruntled voters, and Sunak doesn’t have the luxury of being able to rely on either of those before the next election.

By the time we finished our 45-minute chat, I felt I knew our new leader a lot better, and I was impressed.

Sunak came across as intelligent, thoughtful, more personable than I’ve seen him in previous interviews, even surprisingly romantic, and utterly determined to do everything he can to fix things.

He seems like a serious person who knows he’s doing a serious job.

Whether he can rescue the country from our current malaise, or save the Tories from electoral oblivion, remains to be seen, but if he fails it won’t be through lack of effort.

I suspect voters will like Rishi Sunak more after watching this interview than they did before, especially when he talks about his wife.

But likeability alone won’t be enough.

He’s talked the talk, now he must walk the walk or the long-suffering British people will be unforgiving at the ballot box.

Piers Morgan's full interview with Rishi Sunak will air tonight at 8pm on TalkTv.