had his campaign website domain name registered six months before resigned as Prime Minister and https://ackack.net/ just four days after the infamous photo of Downing Street staff eating cheese and drinking wine in the No 10 garden was leaked.
His campaign team denied it was their domain, saying they had been transferred addresses set up by other people.
It comes as Mr Sunak officially declared his bid to replace Mr Johnson as he promised to ‘restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country’.
In a slick video, the ex-Chancellor today pledged his Tory leadership campaign would be based on ‘patriotism, fairness and hard work’.
The 42-year-old also unveiled a website as part of a very polished campaign launch — with the slogan ‘Ready For Rishi’ — as he looks to make the early running in what could prove to be a bloody battle to become the next PM.
Mr Sunak said: ‘Our country faces huge challenges, the most serious for a generation. Someone has to grip this moment and make the right decisions.
‘Because the choices we make today will decide whether the next generation of British people will have more opportunities than the last.’
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