Oh dear. The first clips of Rishi Sunak’s now infamous ITV interview have started to surface ahead of the full programme, to be broadcast on the channel at 7pm this evening. And if the Prime Minister thought his camera charm offensive might help soften hard feelings about his early departure from D-day commemorations last week, he was sorely mistaken.
The PM’s critics have been quick to blast Sunak for telling ITV that the 80th anniversary events for D-day were ‘incredible’ but they ‘just ran over’. And it’s a question from seasoned interviewer Paul Brand about Sunak’s relatability that has really got viewers’ goat.
‘When you are wealthier than the King, what do you do to make sure you’re still in touch with the kind of struggles ordinary viewers face? Have you ever gone without something?’ Brand quizzed the Prime Minister. ‘What did you go without as a child?’
RS: I went without lots of things, because my parents wanted to put everything into our education and that was a priority.
PB: So what sort of things had to be sacrificed?
RS: Lots of things…
PB: Can you give me an example?
RS: Lots of things. Like lots of people, there’ll be all sorts of things that I would have wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have, right? Famously Sky TV!
Ah yes, the ultimate sacrifice. Mr S isn’t quite sure how that will go down with Britons struggling to get by. Labour candidates have been quick to slam the PM, with Chris Bryant tweeting ‘he hasn’t a clue’, while Jess Phillips has urged Sunak to just ‘own who you are’. Other tweeters have dubbed it his ‘fields of wheat’ moment. Better luck next time, Rishi…
Watch the clip here:
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