Rishi Sunak absolutely rinsed over Eat Out To Help Out at Covid Inquiry

[@hg82met]

1:03 - I love it when the KC stops him 3 seconds into his answer because he's already giving a totally unrelated answer and spouting BS. If the Commons worked like this, this country would be miles better off.

[@reecevidamour1597]

It is exactly how the commons should work!

[@bigpants6121]

Lindsay Hoyle could benefit from this.

[@Oldbugger64]

And journalists could learn from this. If only.

[@bigpants6121]

It is cleat to hear the KC admonish Sunak for not answering the given question. Your comment is perhaps for another clip.@hughshepherd6596

[@davidmcculloch8490]

It would certainly be an important step towards a real working democracy. Unfortunately, in PMQs there is an obligation solely to RESPOND, which is not the same as giving an answer. Parliament should be dragged into the 21st century.

[@amandaslade9072]

It's nice to see Politicians being forced to actually answer a direct question and not being allowed to prevaricate until everyone has forgotten the original question.

[@kenmay1572]

Sadly but not at PMQ

[@AudreyWortman]

​@@kenmay1572 BORIS JOHNSON GOT GRILLED SAME YESTERDAY..HE DONE SAME BURNNER PHONE AND WAS ERASED BUT TO STUPID AND DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CLOUD 😂😂

[@foggythedrum]

I totally agree. It’s like kryptonite to these c**ts. So refreshing to just answer the actual question.

[@KatytheNightOwl]

​@@kenmay1572 PMQT is a joke! It's just another way that our 'Leaders', whether it's the incumbents, or the so-called 'Opposition', (who actually aren't) can show the world just how 'clever' they are! In fact, it's just a pi** take of us all, while they think they're showing us that they're better than us - or so they believe! 😡

[@1gerard47]

​@foggythedrum you will be shut off on utube for 23 hours,as it's happened to me on many occasions for using the same words.

[@micksmithson6724]

Sunak is a man with literally no beginnings to his talents

[@haitch04]

Micksmith...bet you wish you were £1 behind him😋

[@micksmithson6724]

@@haitch04 he wishes he was a £1 behind me ;)

[@alerojas2952]

​@@haitch04alcahuete

[@mycosys]

Did you know inheritance isnt a skill? @@haitch04

[@starmersbarber]

He knows how to count his own beans! I'm not counting that as a talent btw!

[@jamesjarrett52]

A billionaire no one elected is changing the course of your life as we speak. Wonderful place the uk.

[@indigowolf8712]

Blame the rich people in his constituency.

[@alfsmith4936]

​@@indigowolf8712Stop being daft.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

@@indigowolf8712 Obviously most of them are.

[@calmhorizons]

The Conservatives were elected. You don't vote for the leader in the UK. However, I agree that their mandate is farcical at this point and a GE is overdue.

[@maverickmic]

What we need is Mr. Robot to even the odds....

[@James_Gower]

I hate that his overall attitude is 'who are you to question me'. Filth, can't want for the back of him and his hideous party.

[@czech-street-workout4193]

Yep .. intellect, confidence, cash .. don't you wish you were like him?

[@michaeladkins6]

@@czech-street-workout4193 Not really the point.

[@czech-street-workout4193]

@@IronThreads-eo2dl become PM?

[@chasidahL]

​​​@@czech-street-workout4193- arrogance, narcissism, greed, delusional, snobbery. No, I don't want to be like him.

[@bluejay145]

yep, he's angry at being questioned. How dare you question my decisions and my billionaire wife....

[@hayzed9491]

He didnt tell the medical pros his plan but says they should have come to him about the plan they weren't consulted on if they had an issue. Our PM everyone. Priceless.

[@sarahhanson7127]

They were deliberately excluded from the meeting & the 1st time they heard about the scheme was when he announced it on the TV!

[@petermorffew9851]

Of course we should not complain about tax increases after they have been increased. As a PM I would hope it would illicit a suitable response to be honest, some hope.

[@stuartlawson7977]

Anyone in thier right mind would KNOW it was a bad idea. Except people who partied in the office.

[@steelic1]

Why do you think they partied in the office smarty Pants? 😂

[@indigowolf8712]

Ok, but have you considered that restaurant owners are more likely to vote/donate tory, and that they don't care about us at all?

[@sallywright8065]

Exactly, proof perfect that there was never anything to be scared of!

[@johnregan2443]

The people who went out and used the scheme thought it was a good idea !

[@GáborJónás-o4b]

The party goer officers knew this is not danger virus. 0,086% people died under the covid-19 on the World

[@mike-myke22]

"I do not recall, I was at a number 10 party and got totally pissed."

[@kevinthackray1150]

Sunak is teetotal

[@ennbee2051]

@@kevinthackray1150 Yep. There's absolutely nothing likable about the man.

[@mike-myke22]

@@kevinthackray1150 Are you saying it was cocaine?

[@flumpaustin1994]

​@@kevinthackray1150How do you know?

[@cathlaurs9754]

What gets me is Sunak's complete lack of humility. Same with Johnson. Body language shows them both as being irritated and angry a lot of the time. HOW DARE THEY? They both have a great deal of blood on their hands.

[@calmhorizons]

Rishi is widely reported to be a bit of a know-it-all who can't stand to be challenged, even in private sessions. This is standard for him. Too important and "clever" to be challenged.

[@SL-kx1uq]

Thoroughly obnoxious self entitled individuals, with no conscience or sense of genuine remorse. Sunak is a national embarrassment, and I'm so glad that his time is up at Number 10.

[@GenerationLex]

@@SL-kx1uq the only trouble is, what is the next waste of space we will have as PM? So far they've mostly been as useless as each other.

[@MrH1905]

@@calmhorizonswhat’s that based on?

[@1gerard47]

They don't give a crap.

[@RichardWhitter]

Not interested in their safety, interested in money. Rehearsed answers, no empathy.

[@stockgorilla4999]

Didnt hear or see any one complaining when he first launched it to save the hospitality trade..actually people were queuing up to eat out....what fickle people 😂

[@Viewer-discretion-is-advised7]

He was a better chancellor then prime minister I say was because it’s only a matter of time now untill he is replaced.

[@davidhowarth8885]

Sunak's arrogance and sense of entitlement is breathtaking. There are no limits to either.

[@ahmedsalah5364]

I love how the inquiry is happening 1 year before election to remind the public what this government has done

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

A week is a long time in politics, a year is an eternity. By the time of the election this will be long forgotten.

[@t.dmytryshyn2615]

This is just another nail in the Tories coffin. They have screwed up everything they touched.

[@occamraiser]

If covid broke out today the enquiry would be 1 year after the election and all the conspiracy-idiots would be shouting 'fix'.

[@muckaboi2351]

@@t.dmytryshyn2615 yep, but watch them win the next election because people votes are too split and they will get the majority

[@thebaldorc]

The inquiry isn't due to end until 2025!

[@halloeverybodypeeps]

He didn't check in with the scientists because he knew they'd say no

[@playerone9824]

I'm surprised that the fabric of the universe itself can cope with how much Rishi is twisting reality here...

[@hilaryjohnson2386]

A mini black hole above his head,I think.

[@Wokerati]

he should work at CERN …. he proves the existence of “parallel universes “ where he did good at this time …

[@WeRemainFaceless]

Yep, but you're forgetting, the sheer size of his ego is enough to fold the fabric of spacetime in on itself. Hence, his reality twisting is offset by his spacetime bending ego.

[@666ingz]

​@@WokeratiRishiLHC

[@jasonpeart5509]

Marvel need to take note! This is some multiverse goodness 😂😂😂

[@iaingosling3445]

'Restaurants were safe to visit'......'Rwanda is safe to send refugees to'. Spot the difference? Me neither

[@brianeduardo1234]

Well said

[@sallywright8065]

The difference is that restaurants were safe to visit. The same as shops were safe, schools were safe, churches were safe and your high street was safe. It’s an airborne virus, absolutely unavoidable and of little risk to the vast majority of the population. Did you honestly believe that you were at high risk just because you went into a restaurant?

[@8BitJesus]

I don’t think he’s used to people talking back to him, he always looks visibly disgusted whenever people challenge him.

[@aguy6833]

@@sallywright8065 no,but the more people carrying the virus the more likely it would infect somebody who WAS at risk,do you honestly think you're actions don't have consequences?

[@Stan-b3v]

@@sallywright8065. Most people in these comments seem to just have wanted more stupidity. Or maybe they still need an excuse for their own lack of common sense??

[@Osk.S57]

Everyone with a shred of common sense knew at the time that "eat out to spread it about" was a totally ridiculous thing to do.

[@glenmason1876]

Yes I thought what the hell are they playing at, I didn't fall for it, unfortunately a lot of people did, and lost their lives

[@glenmason1876]

Hi there, did you know this country has one of the highest death rates from covid, which is more important to you, money or dying, that's the sad reality, all sunak and Johnson was interested in was the economy

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@hithere981If this had been a Corbyn government I don’t think you’d be making excuses for it.

[@Jack-lo1uc]

Should not have closed any bussiness in the first place

[@carlosgarciacuesta9727]

This is all none sense, other countries with far less strict lock down rules had less excess deaths clearly if anything the uk took lockdowns too far! In the video they even point out there is no conclusive evidence to suggest the eat out scheme led to an increase in infection FFS!! have we not learnt anything?

[@LodeyMart]

Fishy Rishi is definitely a slippery customer. For a man who apparently remembers so little, it would have seemed sensible for him not to delete so many WhatsApp messages. And through it all, he takes 'smug' to a whole new level.

[@spirit-stone]

Rishi has never cared and he never will about the average person. Might dress smart but we can all see right through him.

[@doreenjackson7287]

Smart I have never see such a bad fitting suit in all my life , on the back of a millionaire lol looks like it was shrunk in the wash . P

[@jondarbyshire-s7k]

@@doreenjackson7287 He does wear short trousers?

[@alasdaircook5673]

And Johnson always looked as though he had slept in a suit that was crumpled and to big for him.

[@tonycaulfield9447]

Uncanny how, when it's an area where he thinks it puts him in good light, he has full recollection. When it's something difficult or awkward, he struggles to recollect.

[@flowerpower7288]

Just like all the others. Someone should make a doll with a pull string and changeable heads.

[@samuelcarnall309]

I'm actually stunned. I can't believe he'd say something as stupid and incriminating on the stand, in full view of the public. "It's not my fault, they should have told me it was a risk even though I didn't actually raise it as one." I mean never mind irresponsible, it's the most utterly amateurish approach to risk management I can imagine.

[@rskb1957]

Quite, particularly when you think both of his parents had medical knowledge. You don't grow up in a family like that without picking up some insight and knowledge through a process of osmosis. Wilfully blind!

[@samuelcarnall309]

​@@hithere981that's not good enough. What he did was specifically to encourage *more* people to go to restaurants, which changes the risk profile. And even if it doesn't, the numbers of people involved and the nature of the associated risks (people can die) would necessitate an extremely cautious approach. And even if neither of those things were true, he occupied one of the most senior government offices in the country. 'No one told me' isn't an excuse.

[@montgomery77]

I’m no fan of the tories, or sunak, but doing risk assessments myself you only escalate a risk if it goes outside of the boundaries that have already been assessed. The eat out scheme did not lift any occupancy limits on any business and therefore did not change anything that was already in place to stop infection routes - there are plenty of things to hang on this government but this is the least of them, and by fixating on this easily disputable claim it detracts from all the other massive calamities that the government caused and individuals should be liable for. They should be concentrating on the ppe contract scandals and the self employed and businesses who ripped off the country with their false claims for covid loans (before you say, clearly not all self employed, just those that abused the scheme and stole millions)

[@samuelcarnall309]

@@montgomery77 I don't see why there should be an either/or on what parts of the response are interrogated. Also, I assess risks as part of my job and more assessment doesn't increase those risks...so not sure where that came from. And it may not have changed *those* policies, but it did look to change behaviours and increase the numbers of people using public spaces, so it would have increased the rates of transmission. Also, and I can't stress this enough, 'I didn't know better' isn't an excuse from one of the most senior people in government in a situation as dangerous as the one we were in during COVID.

[@has_ali]

​@@montgomery77well said. The only point at which sunak was rinsed was the method to my madness comment. Loved that. However, very clear information from sunak.

[@GerryT.]

Sick and tired of these rogues and their 'I don't recall' bollocks. Pure blatant lying, taking the public and the inquiry for fools.

[@calmhorizons]

I lived in London at the time, and pretty much everyone I met agreed that Eat Out to Help Out was an obviously stupid idea in the context of a global pandemic amidst a still mostly uninfected/non-herd-immunised population. Somehow this escaped the "big brains" in the central government. If I wasn't already a complete cynic about human nature this would be strong evidence in the "our species is completely out of its depth" column.

[@daveburton5970]

yet the same people could congregate on any food shop in the country.

[@davidmcculloch8490]

​@@daveburton5970It's a question of volume, Dave. Do you really think that more wouldn't turn up for a free meal? Couldn't our vacuous ministers work that one out?

[@dweamy1]

As a Londoner, I never understood this eat-out scheme.. there was no way I was going to take part in this.

[@davidmcculloch8490]

@@dweamy1 No. Although we live in semi-rural Lancashire, we met up with one other family and ate at an outdoor table for one meal. No adverse effects but we didn't take it as party time (apparently unlike the reprobates in Downing Street.)

[@stockgorilla4999]

​@@davidmcculloch8490Didnt hear or see any one complaining when he first launched it to save the hospitality trade..actually people were queuing up to eat at out....what fickle people 😂

[@harveylimpopo3042]

Rishi struggling to answer a direct question and being told off for treating the inquiry like a panel show.

[@sl0w_racer]

I must have watched a different video then??

[@indigowolf8712]

Funny how FREE DELIVERY was never on the table. Easy to distance & track infection through the apps. Imagine food delivery with zero fees during covid.

[@hubadabubbada]

Good point, just further evidence this was all a cash grab.

[@oystercatcher943]

Actually take away was SPECIFICALLY excluded!

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@hithere981You’ve really got it bad.

[@lokischildren8714]

Sunak thinks the rules and laws don't concern him he acts. Like a arrogant dictator

[@starmersbarber]

"Arrogant" is a perfect description of this guy.

[@moonshine9902]

He learnt his trade from Boris. Both as despicable as each other.

[@Motionbuck]

More like a call centre manager

[@suzilouden5964]

Iffy Rishi is a clone of Shifty Johnson.....🙄

[@johnboxall2773]

Jail the liar.

[@lilgit9969]

I feel so sorry for the regular folk in the UK. What a total shame that they've allowed their country to be pillaged like this.

[@iananderson3799]

We have been doing it for centuries. 😅

[@hubadabubbada]

​@SY-pw6ttexactly

[@Facerip]

I would say "karma" but unfortunately the wealthy and powerful are getting away unscathed.

[@raquille1]

those regular people are the idiots that voted in the conservatives in the the fucking first place! If I didnt also have to live in this shit show id be laughing at them.

[@wollywotsit]

@@guitarman4happy birthday

[@adammitxhell2932]

in 72 hours we could have another unelected Tory PM. You had a good run Fishy Rishi. Dont let the door hit you on the way out...

[@covidradio1387]

His pockets are jingling, laden with dosh he and wifey have made. It's worked out well either way for him.

[@daikucoffee5316]

He is more American than British

[@stuartlawson7977]

Fishy Rishi. I love it 🤣🤣

[@hg82met]

Just one more Tory PM before Christmas!

[@lesleywright2823]

Oh please let it!

[@spindrifter7519]

It was common sense for him to directly ask the Chief Science Officer and/or the Chief Medical Officer. The guy just wanted to do it to Big himself up, positioning himself for the time when he could challenge Bojo. He deliberately chose not to ask the Q because it suited his ambitions.

[@billyb6043]

Yep! Funny how he didn't he ask Chris Witty and Matt Hancock to join him in Wagamama's serving meals, for a photo op....but that would suggest they'd been consulted beforehand and fully approved the scheme. Fucking weasel

[@kat2023.]

He's been practising his script. Sadly for Sunak, his acting is as transparent as Hancocks. Wooden and very unconvincing. Just declare a general election liars.

[@stephenbain389]

I've always thought he's a poor public speaker. As you say everything he says sounds like he's practiced it beforehand.

[@kwastimus]

You can see him snap out of character and relax his body after the end of each long answer, like he’s saying “nailed it” to himself, it’s kinda funny

[@joegaffney8006]

This covid enquiry is the final nail in the coffin, If they actually still get elected I would be convinced it was rigged.

[@LouieAblett]

it is, and always has been. the media tell people what to think and the vast majority of the media, including the bbc, is controlled by the government and the upper class who own it and stand to profit from the conservative parties classist policies@@joegaffney8006

[@tomwhite71]

The staggering thing about someone as talentless as Sunak is that he has risen to the top of the Tories purely because after 13 years in power, we have got to the absolute rancid backwash of talent everywhere else in the party

[@billyb6043]

apparently he was all ready to resign as chancellor when he was issue a Fixed penalty notice but was pursuaded to stay on by a team of advisors very close to Rupert Murdoch. Just goes to show who's actually pulling the strings in Brexshit Britain.

[@hg82met]

We should've known what kind of a PM he would be based on his behaviour as Chancellor. When he was splashing taxpayers' money around to prop up the economy his face was plastered all over. When there was a little bit of scrutiny and accountability to be shown, he was nowhere to be seen.

[@keirancrawley9905]

Tipical pm they are all the same these days and lack common snese

[@clowncarqingdao]

Big smiley face and a little arrogant child inside it.

[@Curryking32000]

thank god he did make decisions to pro up the economy otherwise there would be no tax payers left to fund the coffers. It doesn't take an Einstein to work that one out.

[@alasdaircook5673]

And wasn't it him that wrote off £38 billion handed out to his mates for dodgy contracts. And this man worked for the bank that caused the financial crash.

[@Curryking32000]

@@alasdaircook5673 no, you've been reading the Guardian or the Mirror haven't you

[@TheBaconWizard]

He COULD have made a scheme to enable those same restaurants to deliver food to people's homes instead, and for only those with outdoor eating areas to open (in those areas only) but didn't.

[@PandyBong]

Can't do that, no photo ops to be had that way!

[@TheBaconWizard]

@@hithere981 You have correctly understood my post.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Behind every Tory scheme there's a Tory schemer.

[@mrnice7570]

Making millions

[@jsd8981]

Or Scammer !!!

[@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx]

​@jsd8981 We have TV screens in our office and every time Rish " the dish " is on the box , all the girls scream. He has a way of using taught hand gestures that everyone else thinks make him look a pra7 , but the girls imagine those paws over their bre@sts

[@margaretwilson8736]

@@RobbieMeadows-oz4cxBro does sometimes look like he’s giving a manual mammogram lol

[@brianferguson7840]

I keep expecting Sunak to shout "Jeremy Corbyn mister speaker, Jeremy Corbyn" !😂😂

[@ciunasday5222]

All those of us who did not eat out to help out knew through common sense that it was an unsafe idea. It’s unbelievable that “nobody” in government had that minimum level of common sense.

[@John-b1l6t]

In Hungary restaurants were only allowed to open if there was sufficient outdoor areas for food to be served and with space for keeping people apart. Indoor eating was forbidden. Indoors was obviously the most dangerous for transmission. The same regulations applied to most of the EU.

[@strangetrip837]

The Eat Out scheme was Sunak’s first move in his strategy to become PM. That’s it!

[@jondarbyshire-s7k]

Spot on, sadly many had their Last Supper soon afterwards.

[@sl0w_racer]

How so? Please explain this one

[@benjones3466]

Why do elected MP's, even PM's, think that ignorance is an excuse that protects them, rather than it being an admission of incompetence which ought to be resigned over? If I was to make that excuse in work it would lose me respect because it's pathetic and whiny and an open avoidance of responsibility. You don't want to work with people like that, you absolutely don't want your politicians to be like that, though that doesn't stop there being an awful lot of them. Any Prime Minister who uses the excuse "no-one told me" is first of all most likely a liar, because no-one has access to better information & expertise, but also someone who should not be in their job.

[@track2now]

“It’s better to safeguard vulnerable peoples’ jobs than their health and lives.” What a Cnut.

[@AM2K2]

...not what he said though, is it?

[@daydays12]

What did he say/read aloud? @@AM2K2

[@claudiafigueiredo4979]

​@@AM2K2yes he did say that

[@bereal6590]

Cameron, ran down all public services including health care and social care, johnson removed the pandemic framework when he took office, hancock stuffed the elderly in care homes, sunak stuffed them in restaurants. Result, nothing works huge debt and a lot of dead and sick people on over sick 7 million wait list. That's before you add in hunt the *unt defunding the nhs for 6 years prior to,pandemic no real economic growth and brex💩. Sunak is just yet another on a conveyor belt of corrupt incompetent and utterly useless. Ultimately to blame in cameron and hunt, without austerity brexit and the running down of services we would have done far better. This idiot thinks people eating out would save jobs! Useless

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@hithere981What are you Chairman of the Sunak appreciation society? Your nose is so far up his arse he can’t walk straight?

[@tonycannon1968]

Wow, 20 minutes of question avoidance, taking it to a whole new level

[@johndyda5673]

As I worked in a restaurant kitchen at the time, I was appalled with "Eat out to help out" rhetoric shit. It was such an obvious way of transmitting a virus!

[@adammitxhell2932]

Ordinary folk paid the price whilst these Tory arseholes dodge all responsabillity at all costs. Sickening.

[@steelic1]

I guess you haven’t worked out yet it’s was the Flu virus...

[@AM2K2]

...except they said in this very video that there was no link between the scheme and increased cases...

[@666ingz]

​@@AM2K2No, they said in some areas it didn't seem to impact the numbers.

[@BiggusDiggusable]

​@@AM2K2 And where exactly in this video did *they* say that?

[@davebarber9332]

He just couldn’t help himself at the end could he. Just about stayed on top of his temper but snapped at the enquiry with that last comment

[@noidear7216]

If only the Tories would get out and stay out.

[@MrG.42]

Best comment so far.

[@johnregan2443]

Wait for a labour Government--- and you will find out!

[@afc1589]

There scum bastatds.

[@drwhatson]

"Ooh it's dem evil TOR-REEEZ" Like we should have locked down much HARDER and LONGER like Labour wanted and wrecked the economy even more completely than we have already. Idiot.

[@brettpritchard265]

He can't even hide his contempt and his disdain when taking questions and his answers are always so slippery and evasive.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

He has been well prepared.

[@williamfence566]

Economics over human life . Pure and simple.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Always, thats the beauty of capitalism.

[@sallywright8065]

What’s wrong with people taking personal responsibility for their own health needs? That’d what we all did prior to the pandemic.

[@085cur1ty]

he’s so indifferent to human life he can’t see the issue here

[@Ian-mj4pt]

Because money means more than life to the likes of him . He also doesn't like being held to account as shown when questioned about his wife still dealing in Russia when there is sanctions

[@085cur1ty]

@@Ian-mj4pt yep he’s totally devoid of any sense of morality. money is his singular idol and pursuit. like when he was saying about putting jobs and the economy over potential loss of life instead of standing up to big businesses and protecting the population. most people would rather be alive& with their loved ones in a shit economy than with half the people they love dead but with rishi’s mates happy. he probably can’t comprehend that though

[@redrev674]

Absolute nonsense

[@Ian-mj4pt]

@redrev674 what is

[@kentendo2672]

So no one from the scientific community raised issues about the scheme despite the fact Sunak never informed them about it, yet had ample time... what kind of defence is that?

[@janlievens6964]

​What have we learned today: Richie did no wrong. He doesn’t know. He was unaware. He not sure. That’s good then

[@finnichols4808]

This boy leads the country 😂😂😂

[@Jon-xw9om]

Why not? He was Head Boy at Winchester. Makes perfect sense. (to him)

[@TheAverageYouCuber]

What's Winchester's motto again?? 'Manner's Makyth Man'...although am certain that it doesn't include 'arrogance' which is something that defines Rishi Sunak down to a 'T'!

[@welshgruff]

Does he lead?

[@utterutter]

When the Tories were in power Thatcher/Major my dad spent time unemployed three times, we were eating potatoes and beans most nights as the motor industry and light industry was devastated. Now Johnson/Sunak the country has high inflation, high bills and I have had 2 1/2 years of long COVID. Sunak performance here has just confirmed my lasting belief to never trust a Tory

[@timothynorris4288]

Your so right, Thatcher devastated british industry ,but for the Argentines invading the Falklands she wouldn't have lasted one term .

[@ennbee2051]

@@hithere981 Who said it was, shithouse?!

[@BiggusDiggusable]

@@hithere981 Nobody has ever said it was. Not one single person. Why would you think they had unless you can't read or were dishonestly trying to mischaracterise the position of people who criticise the government

[@jaimiemclaughlin3126]

If this evidence was brought before a jury, which it should be in my mind, I think they would find him guilty of corporate manslaughter!

[@flowerpower7288]

And gross negligence. They should all be in criminal courts

[@susanb4816]

So you could pay middle class businesses t keep their employees but the working class had to go to work, endangering themselves and everyone else

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Seems very fair.

[@cthulhstu]

The Tories despise the working classes

[@cthulhstu]

@@hithere981 I don't think that was the point of the comment.

[@30dettjimvg]

You mean working class business owners who started up companies,worked long hours and took loans etc then became middle class & emplyoyed working class people.Typical socialist drivel.

[@ljt3084]

My only question at this stage is. Did the inquiry have to get a smaller desk over the weekend for this Prime miniature.

[@garypotter2998]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ian436]

They borrowed it from a local primary school

[@jananders1351]

Complete arrogance combined with utter incompetence plus an admixture of disregard for consequences. Can we be even vaguely surprised that the UK fared so badly.

[@keirancrawley9905]

Rishi is the cars sales man slick rishi loves him self

[@czgibson3086]

"Nobody told me the stupid thing I was about to do was stupid, so you can't blame me or my stupidity."

[@pip1723]

I'm no scientist but I was in disbelief at the help out to eat out scheme I didn't go near a pub or restaurant.

[@flumpaustin1994]

You're no scientist but you've certainly been brainwashed by them. It was all fear mongering!

[@ws5290]

Whenever i watch British politicians now days, i eventually end up watching a clip of yes minister and yes prime minister to restore my sanity

[@bereal6590]

This man lives and breathes his sense of entitlement. Everyone else "what a pratt"😂

[@czech-street-workout4193]

Bet you wish you had his cash yea?

[@michaeladkins6]

@@czech-street-workout4193 Is that your answer for everything? Try another thought.

[@czech-street-workout4193]

@@michaeladkins6 of course my good man, money will buy you anything you wish for

[@starmersbarber]

He sounds like he's still a 13/14 year old schoolboy in a debating competition. The difference between him and Hugo Keith is startling.

[@steelic1]

The inbetweeners. .

[@steverichmond7142]

Sunak is a crook... if his personal money had been involved he would have acted differently.

[@simplesimonhadapie]

His personal money was involved why do you think the WhatsApps disappeared. 4bn of fraud wiped off with no checks and then there is 36bn on test and trace which vanished with us receiving nothing. I bet sunak was involved via a third party just like the child care grants a business linked immediately to close family

[@indigowolf8712]

Are you suggesting he DIDN'T profit from his policies? Rich people own restaurants, the buildings/land that restaurants rent & the suppliers. He also had connections to private care home worker agencies. - Then there's the stock market advantage of knowledge that some greedy rat faced **** would do the unthinkable

[@waynewal971]

His personal money was involved tens of millions invested in Moderna vaccinations among others, making it in his interest to encourage the virus!

[@alasdaircook5673]

Well he did work for Goldman Sachs the bank that caused the financial crash and made his money out of it.

[@robertczebotar7753]

And this is...in the name of the British people...How sad this is.

[@TonyToning-ne7uq]

Sunaks corruption know no bounds!! simply amazed at how inept it is..

[@clowncarqingdao]

A micro-policy? One that cost £849,000,000 (according to the HoC library) is hardly a micro event. Additionally, regardless of whether it was within the auspices of an existing policy, it would make sense to consult the scientists about whether this micro-policy was a small epidemiological change or not. Incompetence, arrogance, and vanity.

[@billyb6043]

Absolutely....

[@sirloin8745]

Nobody told me that sticking my head out of a moving train, was a bad idea. 🤦‍♂️

[@christianmccann9400]

If only he had a minister for "Common sense" back then to tell him eating out in an epidemic was not a good idea .. ffs

[@thomashughes7336]

The behavioural response skewer was a masterclass, (12.25 is the set up, 18.00 is the KO), making Rishi say it was only fiscal, then letting Rishi talk more to say it was about behavioural economics, and thus a behavioural issue

[@markd1516]

"boot them out to help out". General Election now!

[@JK-zx3go]

The old "good ideas are all mine, bad ideas are everyone else's fault" line of bullshit. Reminds me off "successful businesses are down to good management, failing businesses are down to unions and shit staff".

[@billyb6043]

Yep! Incentivise the poor to work harder by paying them less, but to incentivise the rich they need bigger bonuses. Rwanda is a huge deterrent because it's dangerous hell hole, and yet it's completely safe and welcoming at the same time.

[@markhayward7400]

Literally everybody said it was a bad idea, except those like the Chief Medical Officer who weren't asked, precisely because they would have said it was a bad idea.

[@fabpeter9764]

So...the Tory handbook advises..."When facing questions at The Covid Inquiry remember these responses,..... I was'nt there....I don't remember.........Nobody told me....We were following the science."

[@Bramfly]

And “ with the knowledge at that time “

[@MrPotzie]

And a big boy made me do it !

[@parvezvelji5133]

Rishi “ NO RECOLLECTION “ Sunak on anything that is negative. What a charlatan !

[@tariq_sharif]

Rishsi: Eating out the reason was fiscal reasons only (that is why Health Secretary not consulted). Rishi (but later): it was for behavioural change to siumulate economy Mr Keith: you jsut said it was for fiscal reasons only Risji: that exactly cofirms what i said. Mr Keith: puzzled look Repeat (just change topic slightly) Brilliant !

[@Shocking603]

Sunak always gives me the impression he sees himself as an intellectual giant ! He’s a hedge fund manager who Only see profits- personal and financial- nothing else ! Intellectually bankrupt I think 🤔

[@jugaloo5873]

Helped out his tory mates while slaying the old.

[@peterbrown2632]

One minute in and the first thing he says is “let’s ignore your question and answer a different one that makes me look better”

[@nopasaran8660]

He has said money was the most important. Good job he protected money from getting covid-19.

[@flumpaustin1994]

Hardly anyone dieded of convid. The figures were manipulated and reported in a misleading way. It's all very obvious if you pay attention.

[@shreddherring]

The government will now be passing a law that says Sunak came over quite well in this line of questioning

[@flumpaustin1994]

Eh? 🤔

[@emiliomiller5952]

​@@flumpaustin1994reference to his reaction to the Rwanda policy :)

[@PiperStart]

How convenient that at the last question his memo failed him, whereas for most of his deliberations, he was remembering everything.

[@DeeL-u1c]

When he said behaviors, he blew up his earlier argument. Eat out changed behaviour and increased transmission because of those encouraged efforts to change safe behaviors.

[@stuartlawson7977]

Should be in jail

[@flumpaustin1994]

None of them will because they're all part of the corrupt system that runs the corrupt justice system.

[@gertrudert]

Little rishi looked like he was going to cry at the end there when he got called out for his sass

[@funkinc6992]

19:41 look at the look of anger on the liars face that the lawyer questioning tells rishi whats important and whats not is not up to rishi

[@Manu-Official]

''One way systems'' - when everyone is breathing inside the same room.

[@mathiasbogaert]

Truly the worst policy ever conceived by a Westminster gov. Massive mental health and economic woes.

[@roberthart2825]

He looks very uncomfortable, when answering questions about eat out to help out, it shows he's got no common sense in checking out before hand to see if it was safe

[@occamraiser]

The government had to balance health and economy and it was inevitable that absolutely everyone in the country would eventually get covid. But even 'I' knew that 'eat out to help out' was insanity. We needed a far lower rate of infection to avoid swamping the heath service and there were plenty of people willing to go to pubs and risk the health of their friends and relatives by spreading the infection - they didn't need encouraging!

[@clarecollins2547]

So true. Some of us were shielding and still are.

[@michaelvdunne]

He didn’t give a fiddler’s curse about anyone at all. He has no compassion

[@matthewhardwick8208]

I usually have 0 interest in any regular election ... but this one is CRITICAL for the future of the country and the next generation. If we don't get rid of the Conservative party now? Well we're going to regret it for the next 50 years.

[@Differentbias]

Sunak doesn't care about the life of ordinary British folks - these are his values which no one is talking about .

[@Supa-Fly]

I like watching sunak squirm and lie... 😂

[@flumpaustin1994]

He's not squirming. He's loaded with money and he's not going to prison. Do you not see this so-called inquiry is all part of the scam? Do you know what is in the pipeline? You'll see soon enough!

[@OldGreyMulletTest]

There were boys like Sunak at my school. They were snivelling little twerps too.

[@oystercatcher943]

If I have an affair can I blame my wife for not telling me it was a bad idea since I didn’t ask her?

[@robbiethepict2783]

"Nobody told me I was breaking the law". Say that in a criminal trial Sunak.

[@czech-street-workout4193]

Man that other lawyer .. he wanted to knock him out .. sunak took him down though with his superior intellect and sharpness

[@NeilHughes-ti6pz]

Sunak should be in prison for Causing unnecessary fatalities.

[@nick1065]

As should you for ignorance.

[@NeilHughes-ti6pz]

@nick1065 return of the twat.

[@angelajane1038]

I loved eating out, I could afford best steak Plenty of space in my local, hardly anyone there.

[@angelajane1038]

Government must have scared the pants off of everyone, More risk when shopping I think, or sitting on a bus. I had covid flu March 2020 so must be immune. I have had a slight cold recently but nothing else

[@angelajane1038]

I’m very scared of medical interventions.

[@me37631]

Every time he lies, he takes a long blink. Time after time.

[@nichotto]

If he cared so much about the jobs of the poor people, he wouldn’t have been an ardent Brexiteer.

[@bluewendytube]

Shakes his head from side to side saying yes! Fgs, he can’t even nod honestly!

[@williamthomson7820]

Slick talking Rishi dancing his way out of it, what a w&nker.