Sunak: I will stay in parliament even if we lose

In a year of tough interviews, perhaps the most unusual one the Prime Minister has encountered thus far was today’s shock appearance on ITV’s Loose Women. Instead of finding himself vis-à-vis with the usual lobby culprits, Rishi Sunak was instead surrounded by the show’s formidable panel of Kaye Adams, Judi Love, Janet Street-Porter and Jane Moore. 

Quizzed by the seasoned presenters, Sunak was pelted with questions about his own experience of sex education (of which he said little), his parenting style and his upbringing. After the government announced its plans to reform sex ed in schools, Sunak told today’s audience that he couldn’t quite remember when or what he was taught growing up before admitting it was only through his work as PM that he got a better handle on his kids’ social media use. ‘Judge me by my actions!’ the North Yorkshire MP told the panel, making regular references to the pandemic furlough scheme when quizzed on his attitudes to poverty.