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Rishi Sunak says he went without 'lots of things' including Sky TV as a child (youtu.be)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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HOW IS HE SO BAD AT THIS?

He should've said, 'Look, I was very fortunate growing up, there's no point denying that. What I want is for every child to have the opportunities I had, that's why our policy is to blah, blah first-time buyers blah tax, etc., unlike Labour who want blah VAT on private schools, blah'.

Instead, he gets immediately rattled and starts gibbering at the first follow-up question. He is just the worst.

By the way, this is the interview he thought was so important he had to run away from Normandy to do it. Apparently, it wasn't important enough for him to do any prep.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, if those were my options, I certainly wouldn't opt for a life of politics

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Then why doesn't he just resign? Why is he throwing the election intentionally.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Because only plebs give up power! A true aristocrat squanders all options to leave as little as possible behind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You'll have to ask him. I can only answer for myself. Happy to do an impromptu AMA on what I would do if I were Sunak

On that note, I would definitely resign today.