Rishi Sunak has been accused of making a massive error of judgment after he exited the D-Day commemorations early on Thursday, leaving Foreign Secretary David Cameron to deputise for him at the international leaders event. Speaking to Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride, Sky News’ Trevor Phillips asked whether the PM understood the weight of the event.
Stride said Sunak was deeply patriotic, arguing that his actions as Chancellor during Covid demonstrated how much he cared about the country. Stride said a mistake had been made, and the Prime Minister had ‘unequivocally apologised’.
Nigel Farage: Sunak is ‘utterly disconnected by class, by privilege’
Laura Kuenssberg questioned Reform leader Nigel Farage over comments he made after the D-Day events that Rishi Sunak didn’t understand ‘our history and our culture’. Farage said Sunak should have ‘known in his heart’ that it was right to be there, and claimed that the Prime Minister was disconnected from how ordinary people feel.
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