James O'Brien reviews Sunak's 'gaffe-prone' first days on campaign | LBC

With Rishi Sunak’s post-election announcement tour of the four nations ending today in Northern Ireland, James O’Brien reviews his first three days on the campaign trail.
Rishi Sunak called a July 4 General Election on Wednesday after being urged to "get on with it" and take the nation to the polls.
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[@hg82met]

It's only day 3, and he's already got drenched in the rain, was heckled by a D:Ream song on loudspeakers, got a couple of Tory councillor plants to ask 'impromptu' questions at a campaign event, visited the Titanic site... Whoever is managing his campaign is doing wonders for the opposition.

[@leightzmill]

Sunak doesn't need to win. He's done what he needs for he and his wife's personal financial greed.

[@anonymousbrit93]

It does feel like Sunak has given up. That election announcement sounded more like a resignation speech.

[@jcanyiam8309]

Sunak is NOT very relatable to everyday people, no matter how hard he tries. Like asking a Homeless Man waiting for a meal at a Homeless Shelter, ''So what Business are you in?''

[@jasonc5413]

I'm Welsh and not really into football, but even I thought "are you taking the p***".

[@brianferguson7840]

The ship is abandoning the sinking 🐀 Rat !

[@davidr1431]

Sunak doesn't want to lose because it is an uncomfortable feeling for him to be unable to buy what he wants for once, but he also doesn't want to fight for the win.

[@albertbrammer9263]

Summing up the pint-sized liar in terms of IPA.

[@annemoncrieff3875]

Remember too they've called the election on Scottish school holidays when lthousands will be away on holidays!! Get ur postal votes organised everyone in Scotland.

[@HywelapDafydd]

It's exceptionally easy to look competent when your boss is Boris Johnson

[@Hannah-pk6iq]

Just imagine living in Richmond, going in to a polling booth and voting for him!!!! I mean how thick can you be?

[@petergaskin1811]

Sunak is a man with a plan. It's the planniest plan that was ever planned in the history of all the plans planned during the history of plankind.

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

The sight of Sunak pretending not to notice how drenched he was is emblematic of his time as leader.

[@steverichmond7142]

Soggy Sunak is supposed to be clever - he isn't - I met him when he was short selling RBOS stock while Brown was trying to save the banking system. Since then I've monitored his finances and it's frightening how much he's stealing. He's getting ready to leg it.

[@dextercool]

You couldn't make it up; on second thoughts, Tories have been making it up as they went along the last 14 years.

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Rishi visits the Titanic... asks where the deckchairs are so that he can rearrange them.

[@paulbird3235]

Just like Rees Mogg, he can't converse with the peasant's.

[@molybdomancer195]

I was at the event in Gillingham. We weren’t all Labour councillors. We were Labour supporters but no one claimed otherwise.

[@jhonson7079]

Make sure we check their pockets before they leave the building

[@PeterDriscollAndTheCruisers]

I saw a show on TV some years ago about Indian Rich People. Their snobbishness ,arrogance was beyond belief.