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Sunak skips off early from the D Day commemorations

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MaizieD Fri 07-Jun-24 07:26:29

I don't think Sunak is particularly bothered about his job any more. He knows he's on the way out and is just going through the motions.

It's still a mystery to me why he wanted to be PM in the first place. I suppose he thought it would look good on his CV, as well as being a job which falls naturally to public school educated Oxford graduates.

Skipping half the D Day commemorations in order to record an interview feels like disrespect for the whole of the UK.

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lemsip Fri 07-Jun-24 07:06:05

rude of him wasn't it! No real understanding about the occasion.

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Whitewavemark2 Fri 07-Jun-24 06:51:04

I find this pretty indefensible.

Sunak along with the King and Queen, Starmer and Macron attended the morning commemorations in Ver-sur-Mer. But then skipped off to continue electioneering and so did not attend the commemorations at Omaha beach alongside Starmer, Biden and Macron.

“Tim Montgomerie, the founder of the grassroots Conservative Home website, told BBC Newsnight: “I want to put my head in my hands. If he came back for a political interview from the D-day commemorations that is indefensible.

“This is going to be the last big commemoration where survivors will be present,” he added. “I think it’s political malpractice of the highest order if Mr Sunak absented himself for an election interview on ITV.”

Starmer was later seen talking to Zelenskiy.

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