Rishi Sunak spoke at Ikea and it all fell to pieces – 19 favourite responses
11.
The state of this dishonest, out-of-touch, billionaire chancer. We need the general election now. https://t.co/ddJHaOU3Ys
— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) June 22, 2023
12.
Sunak wants to restore trust in politics by being honest with the public, when he couldn't even bring himself to attend – and vote on – a debate about the most dishonest Premier in our lifetime. This is really excruciating!! https://t.co/OFmYegAoM3
— Professor Christopher Painter (@PrfChrisPainter) June 22, 2023
13.
He means him and his wife. https://t.co/WG7odCZGWY
— @pauljholden (@Pauljholden) June 22, 2023
14.
Sunak: "We have more in common than you might think."
Ikea workers: "Like what?"
Sunak: "A badly assembled cabinet" pic.twitter.com/KwWMXCK5zP
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) June 22, 2023
15.
Rishi Sunak tells an IKEA worker, whose family is struggling to get treatment on the NHS, that he has a "really, really good plan" to solve the problem, which involves "being a bit clever about how we do things." pic.twitter.com/PylrZg85kj
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) June 22, 2023
16.
So, do we think the plan involves…
a) paying millions to his donors in the private sector?
b) putting pencils up his nostrils and going "wibble"?
c) changing the word "clever" in the dictionary to mean "lying, corrupt, and stupid?"
Answers on a piece of inadequate PPE, please https://t.co/KXujesSbbX— Joanne Harris (@Joannechocolat) June 22, 2023
17.
Rishi is saying everything is going to be alright. Forgetting, of course, it was alright until he, thick Liz and Boris had anything to do with the economy.
— Mostly (@mostly_grumpy) June 22, 2023
18.
"At this time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight o'clock. Yea, it is written in the book of Cyril that… " https://t.co/qyn0O4bwMW pic.twitter.com/52ZV2g2RZO
— Captain Howdy (@MajorPazuzu) June 22, 2023
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https://t.co/CfUmEgLcLx pic.twitter.com/SYbjsFauEN
— Scott Innes (@Flying_Inside) June 22, 2023
To sum up …
He is different in that he doesn't have Johnson's charm or smirk – he lies like Johnson, he avoids decisions like Johnson and, just like Johnson, no words he says should be taken as serious or true because they are neither.
— Mike Holden 💙 (@MikeHolden42) June 22, 2023
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