Sunak skips off early from the D Day commemorations

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According to ITV, the PMs office offered that afternoon as an interview slot, not the other way round, so he’d always planned to leave in the afternoon.

Even worse!

Sunak’s behaviour is insulting to the D-Day veterans, and to the other world leaders in attendance. Just what was he thinking?

Imagine if KS had done this?

I imagine he has confirmed Biden's view of the UK now, as well as offending Canada and France.. and probably Australia if they had representatives.. without all those brave men from other countries we wouldn't have won the war and I think his behaviour was disgraceful and dismissive..

According to ITV, the PMs office offered that afternoon as an interview slot, not the other way round, so he’d always planned to leave in the afternoon.

I wonder if -the unelected- Cameron said to the PM, "You nip off early, Rishi mate and I'll step in for you." While thinking " I'll be in a nice, profile boosting photo with important people." The return of Dave has begun.

We don’t know why Macron was 20 minutes late, I doubt he was having a lie in, but he stayed for the rest of the day, and anyway, whatever Macron did or didn’t do doesn’t excuse Sunak’s disrespect.

I can't stand him. Not remotely surprised at this behaviour. Unforgivable. The sooner he's gone the better.

Very elderly veterans stayed longer

Talk about shoot yourself in the foot. After all his wooing of the large number of 'silver' voters he alienates a lot of them but behaving the way he did. Sunak and his advisors ought to be ashamed. He left 'Call me Dave' behind in his place with a wistful look in his eye. I wonder if he was thinking 'If only I hadn't called that referendum.....................'

Sunak's disrespect for those D-Day landing veterans by leaving early will not be forgotten. He says he is 'sorry', I believe he is sorry, but his sorrow is because his early home coming has many people angry because winning the next election is more important to him than remembering those who fought and died, or were badly injured, when the D-Day landing took place.

How can a PM who shows such disrespect then call on citizens to fight and give their life, when so little respect is given to those who did just that.

As someone who lost a family member in the recent conflict with Afghanistan I think Sunak’s action in leaving the event early is contemptible and demonstrates how little he regards the sacrifices made by servicemen and women.

Sneaking off early from ceremonies is acceptable when you are "one of the crowd". Been there, done it. But not when you are a head of state.

The King and Queen, Biden and all the European leaders stayed so this was not a good look.

But Macron wasn't there for the full commemoration Grantanow!

MaizieD

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I suspect most people don’t care that much, but it’s another sign of his shockingly bad politics ( and poor advisors) to do something likely to offend many of his core voters, and to give all his opponents a weapon against him.

Yes he must have offended most of the conservative base, who set such store by these things.

Mind you so do I - 🙄

Indeed.

I think that D Day is one of the few days that brings the nation together at the moment. I think people of all political affiliations mostly have pride in the part Britain played to help defeat fascism and to bring peace in Europe.

(Or do I think this just because I'm old )

I'm agreeing with you again MaizieD!

mayisay

I think it's just as appalling that the leader of the host nation, Macron, turned up twenty five minutes late for the ceremony!

At least Macron stayed for the full commemoration unlike Sunak who left the Cameron re-tread to stand in for him!

Australian Sky News on YouTube didn’t register Sunak leaving early but had a great time slating Biden. Get the right camera shot and he looked like a puppet whose strings had been twisted.

Allsorts

He didn’t miss half of the celebrations and you don’t know his reasons.
Far worse was watching the
Political debate last night with Fiona and that Labour woman who wouldn't shut up, took over, but said nothing but talked non stop.

Sunak has apologised, because he left to record a TV interview. No excuse for his lack of respect.

I think it's just as appalling that the leader of the host nation, Macron, turned up twenty five minutes late for the ceremony!

The pictures of world leaders with Cameron not Sunak won't easily be forgotten -

CNN
"Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving the 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day early in order to film a TV interview, a decision that prompted incredulity and further derailed his floundering general election campaign."

Le Monde
www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/06/07/rishi-sunak-apologizes-for-leaving-d-day-commemorations-early_6674095_4.html#:~:text=British%20Prime%20Minister%20Rishi%20Sunak,United%20Kingdom's%20general%20election%20campaign.

Disgraceful. Disrespectful to our war dead and the brave veterans who attended the commemoration. Poor optics. Worse behaviour.

The ones that advise him, got that so wrong.

Disgusted with this behaviour, shows disrespect to all Veterans, cant be bothered, no tv Interview was more important than this and why the hell wasn't it cancelled.

It’s not a great look (or situation) to have a fool as Prime Minister

The Tories specialise in fools for Prime Minister.

The fool who ruined the country with austerity, then trashed the country with a referendum

The fool who failed to control her party and let in

the biggest fool of all who lied and lied and lied without achieving a single positive thing.

We then had a fool who completely ruined the economy for which so many families are paying so dearly for her pig ignorance.

And now we have been saddled with a PM who nobody wanted, who promised integrity, stability and something else? But it hardly matters as he has achieved none of it.

Yes, an extremely bad decision and for such a pathetic reason. Apology totally unacceptable. No way back from this.