Rishi Sunak told people not to ‘politicise’ his early D-Day exit and the entire internet responded as one
As you’ll know by know Rishi Sunak has suffered another calamity entirely of his own making after he left the D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations early to return to the UK … to do an interview with ITV.
After issuing a statement on Twitter …
The 80th anniversary of D-Day has been a profound moment to honour the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to protect our values, our freedom and our democracy.
This anniversary should be about those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The last thing…
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) June 7, 2024
… the PM (at the time of writing) did an interview with Sky News’s estimable Sam Coates which really is worth watching in full because it’s quite the watch and we’ve never seen anything quite like it.
“On reflection, that was a mistake and I apologise.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it is important that the story of him leaving D-Day commemorations early yesterday is not “politicised”. https://t.co/LvZ68Qdzzr
Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/T9KtsNyh6N
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 7, 2024
And there was so much to unpick there but the bit that really stuck out for us was his line, repeated several times, not to ‘politicise’ it.
And that noise you can hear is everyone’s irony-meter exploded because, this.
You politicised it! You went back to lie in a political interview! https://t.co/OxZLlA1osq
— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) June 7, 2024
That. 100% that! And @PaulbernalUK wasn’t along. Of course he wasn’t!
Hahahahaha, politician runs off from event fill of politicians to do political interview and demands it not be politicised. https://t.co/3fMFBnC4GO
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) June 7, 2024
The barefaced cheek of this prick lecturing others not to ‘politicise’ his decision to prioritise electioneering over everything else https://t.co/9dI41sqxBf
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 7, 2024
You don’t get to decide if it’s politicised, certainly not during a general election when it speaks to your character and priorities, when you were off doing a whiny political interview for ITV about how it’s so unfair you were called a liar for lying. https://t.co/GiI5AdIZs9
— Rhys Morgan (@rhysmorgan) June 7, 2024
“Please don’t politicise the political thing that I, a politician, did during the middle of a political campaign”, says politician. https://t.co/zhJhAlxrf6
— Sarah Dempster (@Dempster2000) June 7, 2024
‘Don’t politicise the situation I’ve politicised’ pic.twitter.com/iEZjgwHTv7
— Toby Earle Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) June 7, 2024
Also nothing sounds more stupid than complaining about things being “politicised” during a general election campaign.
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) June 7, 2024
Sorry, did @RishiSunak really just say that his return early from D-Day to give an interview to ITV’s @PaulBrandITV so he could attack Starmer should not be politicised???? I mean, this raises chutzpah into an art form….. https://t.co/kZFkgII93X
— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) June 7, 2024
And that wasn’t all people had to say …
You expect our kids to do National Service and yet you couldn’t be bothered to hang around for one day to honour the veterans of an actual war.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 7, 2024
What a vivid and shocking contrast: the sacrifice of all those brave men so that 80 years on the prime minister could cut short his visit to where they fell so that he could return to London to attack his opponent.
On such judgements we learn about character https://t.co/EXokWMJuW8— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) June 7, 2024