THE PM’s fatalistic bid to stay in power hasn’t exactly got off to a flying a start, with some of the worst moments already on their way to becoming YouTube classics.
In fact Dishy Rishi’s 2024 election campaign has been called ‘the worst in modern times’, even outdoing Theresa May’s ‘dementia tax’ debacle or Gordon Brown being caught out calling a lifelong Labour supporter a ‘bigoted woman’.
Sunak was way behind in the polls when the election was called, but a series of truly awful self-inflicted gaffes have seen him slip even further towards obscurity.
We are sure he is already dreaming of cocktails on a Californian beach as his chances of remaining PM come 07 July subside more rapidly than the sandcastles he could soon be building.
The Prime Minister didn’t kick things off very well. Whilst proclaiming that Labour ‘Didn’t have a plan’ when boldly announcing the General Election, he rather foolishly didn’t have a plan to check the weather.
To make matters worst, while Rishi was getting a soaking, the Labour election campaign song from 1997 – D:Ream’s ‘Things can only get better’ – could be heard blasting over the announcement.
Next up and a visit to a Derbyshire biscuit distribution warehouse and time to field some questions from some independent members of the public. But hold tight… as two very normal men dressed in hi-vis clothing only turned out to be Conservative ringers who are actually local councillors.
Moving on to Wales, Rishi was keen to come across as a man of the people and asked ‘So are you looking forward to all the football?’ ahead of this summer’s Euros.
The PM was met with an awkward silence and mocking remarks when one audience member informed him that Wales hadn’t actually qualified.
From there it was somehow agreed among campaign chiefs that a visit to the Titanic Quarter in Belfast would be a great look. Nothing quite like associating your campaign with history’s most famous sinking ship.
At this stage it felt like you couldn’t make this stuff up.
But the list painfully continues, from heartbreaking tales of going without Sky TV as a youngster to tripping over a football and looking like Mickey Mouse.
With so many gaffes made, one might think Rishi was California dreaming long before he told the King he was calling an election. Â