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Rishi Sunak's Time is Up

Rish Sunak has defended his decision to leave the D-Day celebrations early by insisting he was told that no one would notice whether he was there or not.

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From Guardian rolling news so not sure of the link.

Planned opportunity for media to question Sunak 'cancelled'​

The prime minister visited a walled garden at Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, on Saturday’s campaign trail.

According to the Press Association (PA), an opportunity for the media to ask questions of Rishi Sunak did not take place as was originally planned, likely following the fallout on Friday of his early return from D-day commemorations in Normandy.

Earlier, the BBC’s Tom Symonds who is reporting from the Conservative election bus, said he’d been told that Sunak would not be talking to “the national media, and there will be no interviews”.

Symonds wrote: “A possible ‘huddle’ – when the PM takes a few questions from reporters off camera – has been cancelled. We’ve been told this is due to time pressure.”



Brave Sir Rishi
 
It really is quite spectacularly inept isn't it. If he deliberately sat down and tried to come up with a way to piss off the exact people he needs to appeal to he'd struggle to do better.

Indeed, this seems like a breakthrough issue for people who aren’t really engaged with politics but when they do vote, vote Tory. You couldn’t have designed a better failure. Makes you wonder if they have any people who even know normal people in their campaign team.
 
I almost feel a bit bad for him...one of those social obligations you don't want to go to, you try and sneak out a bit early, no one will notice eh, no point saying goodbye, we'll just go now, wont be missed there's lots of people here ....then front page news for days - rumbled big time!!!
 
Indeed, this seems like a breakthrough issue for people who aren’t really engaged with politics but when they do vote, vote Tory. You couldn’t have designed a better failure. Makes you wonder if they have any people who even know normal people in their campaign team.
Yep; the notion of ‘cut- through’ in politics is pretty straightforward; if it’s something simple, easily understood and readily related is gonna run. I think we’ve all just witnessed the limits of Tufton St. advisors and comms
 
Rishi Sunak's time is up.
It really is.
A Whitehall source said Cameron was “apoplectic” about Sunak’s decision but, when asked why he had not “picked Sunak up by his lapels”, he said: “There is only so much I can do.”

There was also fury at Buckingham Palace, where courtiers pointed out that the King, who is being treated for cancer, was advised not to travel but was determined to do so, despite being in pain.

The Times, of all places. Tim Shipman on a share token, may not work tomorrow.

ETA
It's been archived. A long article, worth reading for the glimpses into Labour strategy and Tory hopelessness.
 
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Karma Is Coming?

One suspects that before too long, the person who is always quick to remind everyone that he is the "first" something or the other and "leads" the most diverse cabinet in history will eventually suffer the consequences of stoking hatred against minorities in the hope of clinging to power when he finds out first hand what the members and supporters of his own organisation mean when they say: "We Want Our Country Back!".


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(Source: Facebook/rishisunak)

Karma Is Coming?

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