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.
To be fair, if those were my options, I certainly wouldn’t opt for a life of politics
Then why doesn’t he just resign? Why is he throwing the election intentionally.
Because only plebs give up power! A true aristocrat squanders all options to leave as little as possible behind.
I’m beginning to wonder if he’s trying to throw it intentionally, and as badly as possible, so that he vindictively destroys the careers of all the MPs who have done nothing but plot to stab him in the back since the moment he became leader. There was a rather telling moment (yesterday I think) when he listed previous home secretaries but pointedly skipped Nutella Braverman. Sunak is certainly tetchy enough to go “fine, I’m going down and I’m taking you all with me!”
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.