Rishi Sunak apologises for leaving D-day events early
as I said the itinerary for these events was set weeks ago before the general election campaign I participated in events both in Portsmouth and in France and having fully participated in all the British events with British veterans I returned home before the international leaders event that was a mistake and I apologize for that but I will always be proud of our record in supporting veterans here in the UK we have a dedicated office for Veterans Affairs the first veterans Minister sitting in cabinet and a range of programs to support them with health housing employment needs that’s something that I’ve worked very personally on because it’s personally important to me and as I said yesterday and the day before I had the privilege of speaking with many veterans and their families to express my personal gratitude to them for their service to our country and to honor what they and their colleagues have done for us
Rishi Sunak has apologised for leaving D-day anniversary events early to take part in a TV interview, admitting it was a ‘mistake’ not to stay in France longer.
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The prime minister had been heavily criticised for allowing the foreign secretary, David Cameron, to take his place in the late afternoon ceremony at Omaha beach on Thursday, while he left Normandy to do a prerecorded ITV segment to be broadcast next week
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Rishi Sunak says sorry for leaving D-day events early to record TV interview ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/07/rishi-sunak-says-sorry-for-leaving-d-day-event-early-to-record-tv-interview
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Just resign. vote out to help out .14 years of decline vote Labour 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Disgrace
Rar
The darkest hour is on telly tonight, rishi goonak should watch it to be educated on why we didn't buckle under tyranny during ww2 in which he callously ignored our allies at omaha beach
BREAKING: Penny Mordaunt to take over as caretaker Prime Minister (also current favourite to lead).
It’s cultural. He’s not British
🤡
Got what U vote
Too late
Why can’t people get past a simple mistake, it is unbelievable.
Record of supporting veterans? HAHAHAHA
What a bungling fool in everything he does. And Labour will be just as bad…
Absolutely reeks of BS
You should just go back to your parent homeland n support Modi,o yeah,stop by US to bring Nikki home together with you.
I absolutely DETEST the Sunak and all he stands for…but I still can’t help feeling that the people attacking Sunak for this gaffe, wouldn’t be able to find Normandy on a paint-by-numbers colouring map and are the same people who would have demanded German equity and inclusion and a ceasefire on June 6 1944!!! They would DEMAND more consideration for the nesting cormorants on Gold Beach and that the Luftwaffe be spared because Herman Goering occasionally wore dresses!!!
No thanks Sunak
It's absolutely disgusting that he left early
Apology definitely not accepted. Your heart aint in the j.o.b. By the way prime minister aint a job, its a privilege to serve your people.
sunak doesn't care. lies through his teeth. we need a new leader.
Apologies not expected. Shame on him .
Really apologies just don’t cut it . He should be sacked. Country men and all people from England let’s stand up and be counted and not allow him to get any votes whatsoever he just has no respect for anyone.
Why would he care about dday??
Instead of saying sorry he just goes into advertising his party
……. Does he even have any inclination of historical events……..(other than his bank account..) …..
He is a busy man.
It turns up for a brief while and brings its tax fiddling wife for the final insult
Relax…. he's an Indian chap. No British blood. Maybe he can go back to India to be PM!
Had to get home to watch that Sky TV
Seriously this man is the most unbelievably bad PM ever in the history of this country! If it was not for those amazing chaps on the war fields of Normandy then he probably would not even be in this country now as PM!
He just repeat him self my grandfather 98 was there on D day. He said you will be known as worst leader in uk 🇬🇧 history. I say hope the public put you to shame 😢
Me ME me
Thats why vetrans are on are streets
He parents hadn't immigrated to the UK until the 60s why should he care.