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Rishi Sunak threw a wobbly after Nick Ferrari kept asking the same question and it’s a most revealing few seconds
Politicians don’t get where they are by being real people. That’s the very last thing they do.
But every now and again the mask slips and you get a glimpse of the real person – it happened a few times with Boris Johnson back in the day.
And we might just have seen a similar moment with Rishi Sunak on Nick Ferrari’s LBC phone-in today, when a caller rang in to ask about food banks and what they say about the state of the country right now.
Ferarri was keen to point out to Sunak just how many there are in the UK today – 1,200 – and what Sunak was going to do about it.
And he kept reminding Sunak of the figure so much that the PM – at the time of going to press – finally appeared to lose it (click forward to 1m 30s if you want to cut to the chase).
Sunak’s CAR CRASH on LBC on food banks.
He must have been told by now that this is a really bad look, right? Getting tetchy with the interviewer and the public when they ask difficult questions and reacting as if we are all thick for not understanding how brilliant he is. pic.twitter.com/beu3AOhuxM
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) June 19, 2024
And here are just a few of the many things people were saying about it.
I love that he always kicks this off with a shout-out to the food bank industry.
— James NUFC (@JamesNUFC75) June 19, 2024
He’s just hilariously tetchy. Why do his advisers (assuming he has any) keep letting him get interviewed? We’re on the literal cusp of a phone-in where he calls someone a stupid cunt. https://t.co/WaOcmCHg0a
— Adam Kay (@amateuradam) June 19, 2024
Have you noticed, he always has a drink when someone makes him uncomfortable!
— Libby0 (@LibbyZero) June 19, 2024
One of the most hopeless senior politicians of my lifetime. Being good at maths and having emotional intelligence are not the same thing. https://t.co/OmpKqqP22V
— ((( Joel Clark ))) (@mrjoelclark) June 19, 2024
Sunak seems to miss the point that there shouldn’t be any food banks. He should feel ashamed that there are any and that the number has increased on his watch. Shameful and completely out of touch.
— Teresa Crawford #FBPE (@TeresaC123) June 19, 2024
Snippy. Tetchy. https://t.co/jOmRP9tifV
— Mike Holden (@MikeHolden42) June 19, 2024
That sing-songy “And I’d like to bring the number down” is an absolute Sunak trademark. Take away the words and it’s just distilled petulance in musical form.
— James NUFC (@JamesNUFC75) June 19, 2024
“What else would you expect me to say?” LITERALLY ANYTHING that shows you genuinely understand the problem https://t.co/m94mm06OBW
— Jenny Hicken (@GreatNorthMum) June 19, 2024
“Why do we have so many food banks?”
<OK. Now’s the time to show some empathy, PM>
“Nick, you’re sighing but what do you want me to say?” pic.twitter.com/uZuKhutACB
— Sebastian Coe (@SEBdotCOEdotUK) June 19, 2024
It didn’t end much better …
Sunak capped his LBC Q&A by sharing a private eye-roll and "aren't oiks awful?" little laugh with Ferrari, when a woman calls to say he shouldn't brag about living on Twix and Haribo, considering the state of dentistry.
Do they not know there's a live video feed? Utter contempt. pic.twitter.com/KmKMh6Zdel
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) June 19, 2024
And just in case you were wondering about that old Boris Johnson moment from back in the day …
.@BethRigby: ‘Did you ever think about resigning? Three in five Britons think you should.’
“Why are you allowed to come back, Beth?”, replies the PM, before apologising and adding “I’ve got to keep moving forward”.https://t.co/TGOaQsiF8J
Sky 501 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/qtSyEHTkHq
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 25, 2022
Source @sturdyAlex