Resurfaced clip captures Rishi Sunak suggesting he doesn't have 'working class' friends

A resurfaced clip captures Rishi Sunak suggesting he doesn't have working-class friends.
Describing his friendships in the BBC’s 2007 documentary series Middle Classes - Their Rise and Sprawl, Mr Sunak said: "I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper class, I have friends who are working-class...well, not working class."
On Tuesday, July 5, Mr Sunak resigned from his position in the treasury before announcing days later on July 8, that he will be making a bid to become the next Conservative party leader and prime minister.
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[@DB1991SG]

You can tell how rich he is by the fact that he distinguishes between aristocrats and upper class.

[@BAINynoona1]

Yeah , i can tell that he's a cheap person.

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

He's from a working class background. The aristocrats work the hardest.

[@KINGCABA-if4nk]

Absolutely new money and old money

[@nathanstewart8976]

Is him being rich a sin

[@conall5434]

@@nathanstewart8976 I mean technically no, but it may as well be. "And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Matthew 19:24

[@ps5user155]

Imagine defining your friends by what “class” they are

[@philthewriter]

Presumably he was responding to a question.

[@coldworld5]

It was in the context of the question.

[@spidyman8853]

That's bad man

[@lewisdean22]

Probably due to the Indian back ground where cast is a big thing.

[@Stillwater860]

Exactly

[@meganbella8262]

“Not working class” as he holds back sick from even uttering those words

[@quinlanmicheal]

His dad's reaction to working class says it all really

[@peppermint1352]

His dad seems super weird. Who does he think he is? He’s just some random GP, not an aristocrat.

[@maxwkh]

The look of pride on his face when Rishi admits to not having working class friends

[@ab456z]

@@peppermint1352Indian’s in the UK, aspire to reach the level of White elites

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

the whole family are weird as . . .like they have sprung out of a Test Tube. . .

[@rishigembali6066]

@@peppermint1352a GP has achieved more than an aristocrat in my opinion

[@superhumantrueman]

I'd be amazed if he had lower class friends. Or upper class friends. Or middle class friends.

[@bunny2396]

Or any friends 🤣🤷‍♂️

[@BlackWolf6420]

🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@conswob4793]

@@bunny2396 that was kind of the point of the joke I think pal

[@lesley9989]

😂🤣

[@spidyman8853]

Billy no mates more like

[@ACameronUK]

This is absolutely appalling behaviour, I have heard some nonsense from this man but if he expects me to believe he has friends that’s a step too far 😂

[@akilasultana2368]

Best comment 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rajgill9627]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arvaelvision]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@420haxx]

You won the comments section this day !

[@roseyk7677]

😂😂😂

[@eric5959]

It’s quite an awful story, he does motivational speeches to kids from disadvantaged areas, then at the end says he went to an amazing school and that actually he’s nothing like them and they have no chance to succeed. What on earth was the point of him basically trolling disadvantaged kids?

[@Nndggdcgc]

I know right??! That was even more disturbing

[@nadinegomez8858]

He just really wants to prove the point that he is way above them-that’s all it is. To feel smug and better about himself 🙄

[@codemaster1768]

Well he's a politician.

[@hstrait6025]

Such a disconnected moron

[@elguapo6225]

You know he's wrong for the job when he defines people by their class

[@jonathanmarkham1998]

Possibly. Ironically most of those who were getting all worked up by this will be those who love defining people by their class, possibly just the other way around.

[@ShumonM]

Does this surprise anyone? He’s one of the wealthiest politicians we’ve ever had.

[@hobsonp67]

Thanks to his missus not paying tax, and him chancellor - one rule for them and another for we the plebs. Still it could be worse, we could get Priti Nasty Cow

[@MrTamiya89]

Only By TAX Evading. 🤦‍♂️👎😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@jamesbond4810]

@@MrTamiya89 even if he doesn't evade tax, he still will be one of the richest politician in Britain, thanks to his days at Goldman Sachs and of course his billionaire wife.

[@johnmaton1401]

@@MrTamiya89 source?

[@thomasholland5487]

@@jamesbond4810 good for him. Working top jobs is a pain in the ass.

[@chrismurray3224]

“Well, not working class” obviously 🙄. The look of embarrassment on his dad’s face. Priceless. 🤣

[@kamaljeetkaur6445]

I don't think his father is embarrassed, but to me looks like he is proud of his son who has friends from rich families 😊

[@phoenixrose1192]

@B Sell How disgusting.

[@PeaceDweller]

People forget or simply don't know that Indian & Chinese communities in the UK are by far the highest earners and enjoy the highest quality of life of all demographics (The same is also true in the U.S). And then you have mainstream media have the sheer audacity to put out terms like "White Privilege" and "lack of opportunities for minorities". They really bank on the general public being statistically inept.

[@intergalactic-banana-]

He might of had a chat with the maid one time and now they’re besties 😂

[@travisbickle4307]

@B Sell He's still of Indian stock.

[@infrared2084]

His dad looked a little embarrassed when Rishi Mentioned working class. That smile was like ‘my son is joking, he does nothing of the sort’

[@chien4741]

I bet his dad's clients are working class families. He forgot whom his dad is making money from? WORKING-CLASS

[@sms6858]

Omg never noticed that, it's so obvious now you said it

[@BAINynoona1]

Actually, his father is proud of his son saying that thing though.

[@infrared2084]

@@BAINynoona1 Bwahahahahahahahaah, ok.

[@aneeshav]

What a prick family!

[@CamperVanya]

Just when you think your heart couldn’t sink any lower.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

..or 'Fink any lower' as sunak would say....Fufferin Fucchatash ...

[@dreamst8259]

He isn't leadership material. He has no charisma, no talent, no vision. He's just someone's tool.

[@shorditchiscool]

Sounds like he’s perfect then 😂

[@tomcurtis907]

Or just a tool?

[@Greg_Romford]

He doesn't need to be a leader, just listen to what uncle Klaus Schwab tells him

[@jakel8627]

He comes off intelligent and genuine to me. I would be happy to have him as PM

[@bear1245]

He’s a 🐀

[@jroberts40]

So just to boil down everything he said: "I have different friends who are different levels of rich, from vastly wealthy to loaded making 250k+ a year . I don't have friends who are working class actually, but I do occasionally go to secondary schools and flex on the stinky stinky poor, and tell them that they can still apply to Oxford or Cambridge even if they are stinky and poor."

[@allanhughes7859]

SADLY THATS IT MY FRIEND THATS SIMPLY IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kumarsa108]

Well I wouldn't associate with chav scum. Are they even "working class"?

[@jroberts40]

@@moomoocowsly I grew up in poverty man, No projection here just reading between the lines.

[@allanhughes7859]

@@moomoocowsly Lord just go away for fuck sake !!

[@phoenixrose1192]

Excellent summary! I even read it in an exaggerated RP accent, just couldn’t help myself. 😂

[@socpa]

That's a bit Rishi. A smug-rich, smoothie -ex-banker worth £730 million, with four huge luxury homes, is really going to resonate with ordinary people at a time of extreme hardship. 'We're all in it together' doesn't really work, if you're twice as rich as the King.

[@africanherbsman9488]

The dad don't want him to have working class friends. Caste system.

[@drake128]

This is the guy we need running our country . Personality and depth of a casio 8600 calculator and the charisma of a suppository .

[@habsom1406]

Sir, you are doing the Casio 8600 calculator a disservice, for it has some endearing qualities, I know which one I'd like by my side when doing the books. Even a suppository can provide relief in time of need....

[@StormmyStormmy]

He’s so bloody shallow, you couldn’t wash your hands in him!!!!!

[@registame2878]

@@habsom1406 very true that was a classic watch that supported more than the average snob

[@fabulouslyfeline8238]

Winning comment of the day.

[@masudtv]

🤣

[@BlueEyes499]

It would be amazing to have a prime minister who has an actual understanding of the normal working class persons life and the struggles that go with it. To feel like we can identify with them and trust them. Just this man’s pompous voice and quick correction of having ‘working class friends’ as if it’s some kind of awful thing, completely puts me off him.

[@intheplums]

I bet you don't like Thatcher but she's from a working class family. With people like you, there's no winning.

[@helenheeney2284]

Another snob hasn't a clue about working people

[@2msvalkyrie529]

I'm working class and avoid scummy working class thickos as much as possible . !

[@armondtanz]

We got a Knight of the Realm in charge of 'the working class party"...

[@spidyman8853]

Briony Don't vote Tories then

[@wildwildwestima]

He is friends with everyone but the working class, is what I got from this?

[@darkstar5063]

There needs to be a working class person to be our PM, someone who did not go to a posh school but rather a public one, someone not born with a silver spoon in there mouth, someone that knows whats it really like to live in the real world.

[@KentReynolds]

Then we must stop giving Eatonians an 80 seat majority

[@DelTangBrav]

You contradict yourself. Winchester College (Where he went) is a PUBLIC SCHOOL. (public school in the UK does not mean it is open to the public)

[@kanakalatahembram1650]

There just have to be a PM who is not a narcissist, not a sociopath not any other unwanted-path. Unfortunately politics today all over the world is run by psychos.

[@Glaschu1]

@@DelTangBrav That’s not the case in all of the U.K. In Scotland, we call state schools public schools and private schools like Eton etc private. I lived in England for a while and was really shocked when someone I knew kept complaining about “public school wankers” or something like that. Thought he was a super elitist snob until I learned that yous call private schools public for some reason.

[@xWHITExEAGLEx]

You are wrong, public school in the UK does mean a free, government run school for the public. That is thr case in Scotland.

[@paulmolyneux599]

I am shocked by the fact he even has friends

[@Victoria-qb3dr]

Rishi is definitely one of those kids that NO ONE at school liked, even the other unpopular kids.

[@registame2878]

Some people only have those named sterling or penny as their friends!

[@allanhughes7859]

He does not trust me he does not Well perhaps his smugg Daddy Note mammy is not there why ????? Its all a joke !!

[@fasthracing]

He does in India

[@fasthracing]

@@anonymous20220 Silver spoon success handed on a plate to him

[@logothaironsides2942]

is he saying he talks to children at state schools suggesting they apply to the top universities like he did and then points out that he went to winchester public school? That's what it sounded like . So basically he has had no connection with the normal person in society and gives advice about things he knows nothing about.

[@monk3yboy69]

Well you only have to listen to the accent to know he has nothing in common with the oiks. My God, how posh can one sound? Did you notice the sneer when mentioning the working class?

[@lesley9989]

That's exactly what he's saying with absolutely no irony

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Most " normal people " are thick so probably best to avoid them ? That's been my experience at least .!

[@madaxwayne]

@@2msvalkyrie529 found rishis burner

[@benmcmenamin4851]

But he doesn’t have white privilege this can not be true.

[@OsmanOsmanHan]

Cast system mentality. Bet he got slapped by his dad after the interview.

[@ThrillOfTheFight]

LOL

[@benedictdesilva6677]

0:28 Charming to see the proud father's delight at seeing how adeptly son Rishi corrected his faux pas about _having working class friends._

[@knottybogeye6387]

Imagining trusting this tax avoider.

[@James-jl4jt]

And law breaker

[@knottybogeye6387]

@@czech-street-workout4193 it is a disgrace when you are British politicians who are suppose to help your own country, when your own country is in such a bad financial crisis, they could pay all the billions back into their country to help, but instead they tax fraud their own country, if anyone else tax avoided the country and they weren't UK prime minister or politicians they would be in prison, this Tory UK government are corrupt criminals.

[@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey]

What's wrong with tax avoidance? It's legal, and if I was rich, I'd do it too. We all would.

[@SagaciousFrank]

​​@@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey, I'm poor, but I'd definitely legally avoid paying tax if it were possible. It's my money, I earned it. But the government thinks it has an entitlement to it.

[@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey]

@@SagaciousFrank Indeed.

[@aes423]

Even at age 21 the ponce was morphing into scooby doo

[@thesaintst1851]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 spot on! He DOES look like scooby!

[@wajidhussain1161]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sinduda]

Zoinks!

[@peppermint1352]

😂😂😂😂

[@ssddpost]

So many here saying he won't understand the working class. The implication being that previous PMs did understand. What utter nonsense! None of them care about you!

[@AdamJnsn]

I have no friends regardless of status wealth or anything else. This is not the new PM

[@user-fp5dw4ff3d]

tbh if he wins at least the tories wont stand a chance come the general election

[@Writeous0ne]

i feel like people think that the PM has so much power. well, they don't. policies are made and voted on by hundreds of politicians. i think the political system you guys are aiming for is a dictatorship.

[@aaronalp2639]

He’s a jumped up nobody with lots of money but no class. Money doesn’t buy you class and he is the perfect example of such a statement in my opinion.

[@allanhughes7859]

I honestly know I am in the wrong here but with the money he has you would think he would sort those ears out ?

[@elmodiddly]

That God your opinion doesn't count that much, otherwise I think we'd be back living in caves.

[@aaronalp2639]

@@elmodiddly caves might be cheaper to live out of than trying to keep a household going currently…

[@aaronalp2639]

@@elmodiddly I should also point out that my opinion doesn’t matter. Thankfully nor does yours. I’ve seen a few of your comments under other peoples, you’re either a troll or you’re uneducated about who and what kind of person sunak is. If you want that type of person in power then please by all means continue, the rest of us with a bit of common sense will be happy to hand you a spade to dig the hole a bit deeper. Enjoy your day. Either get a life and stop trolling people or educate yourself. Have a nice day 😀

[@1daxwood]

Now that you've got your meaningless angry thoughts off your mind, are u in a better place? Lol I guess not

[@grahamb5343]

Last honest interview he’s done

[@oomz1975]

Imagine what Boris was like when he was 21.

[@S-North]

He is not upper class he is not middle class, certainly not in any British sense or context. The guy is simply a rich kid who's grown up in a bubble. He is the worst of a bad bunch. The audacity of this guy is off the chart.

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

how is he audacious? I an not from UK so I don't get it

[@S-North]

@@jasonvoorhees5640 He performed poorly in his role as Chancellor, his personal finances are highly questionable. His wifes' None Domicile status and complicit tax affairs are questionable considering she lives all year round in the UK. His integrity has been compromised regarding his resignation timing. He committed and was charged with a crime while in office. He applied for and was granted a U.S residency Green Card while serving in the Cabinet again compromising his integrity. Now he campaigns to be PM, this is audacity exemplified.

[@ludmilawheeler2001]

For me he is just an Indian who think he is different from others, what a fool.!!

[@kumarsa108]

@@S-North utter shit, he did a brilliant job throughout lockdown.

[@canuckeeeeAK]

@@S-North What does British sense mean? He has to be white?

[@superdupersaltyman]

why we get these guys who dont live in the real world telling us how to live in the real world.

[@TheSkunkyMonk]

Because we allow them to run off with all the nations loot and live in whatever world they want. And you know what its a nation of complete cowards we deserve these scum leeding the way making sure they get everything while the masses get nothing. We bred them, we allowed them to control the country and we allow them to rob it and piss on the people. Do we deserve any better when none of us will stand and put an end to them?

[@ezequieligomez2135]

Superdupersaltyman Guy because it is easier for society to blame some puppet at the top rather than growing a pair and actually take individual and collective responsibility. We are way too comfortable, they need to fk us harder so people actually wake up.

[@danielcrafter9349]

Cos we're only plebs, innit?

[@ezequieligomez2135]

@@danielcrafter9349 People's true potential lies behind the veil of what they have been conditioned to believe they are.

[@georgechtt7044]

@@ezequieligomez2135 what a comment

[@robotboy370]

"Suggested" He was pretty clear and pretty entertained at the thought. He has money, that's all he has, no morals, no character, no empathy for the people that keep the country afloat and worst of all - no idea what it means to work for anything.

[@eml9147]

The way he boasts of having a friend from eton, as if that won him any respect from anyone, makes me cringe

[@consultant2678]

Sunak - vote for me: I am a non loyal back stabber, who avoids paying taxes unless scrutinised, that will inevitably give my wife’s family special deals once I am in office! On the positive I haven’t groped anyone to date and I brush my hair.

[@hithere9377]

He is Indian. The chances that this “Sir” has groped a woman is extremely high.

[@crimsonchin9632]

Don't forget his willingness to U-turn and go back on anything he's said, real Tory trait that one.

[@calebpipet]

You must really not like this man, considering you're copying this same message on everything uploaded about him recently.

[@purebloodwithcommonsense3805]

@@calebpipet who does?

[@consultant2678]

@@calebpipet I just don't feel he is competent to lead us through the coming financial crisis as well as difficulties with Russia and China. We need someone highly capable.

[@shorditchiscool]

He’s so right, no friends among us, we don’t want him

[@Honda_Man_Sam]

Poor choice of words 📮

[@bear1245]

We don’t want rats like him in charge

[@Pookins.]

Among Us 😱

[@goahead4310]

You guys just being played by the medis

[@SubjectiveFunny]

Sus

[@martinobrien7110]

Time for Mummy to pick you up from School .

[@zhongguojiayou2675]

With an accent like that, you can tell, he is from a well off family, a rich family, he ain't from your ordinary working class type of background. Red flag right there. These people who get into power, have to be either influential socialites, rich & wealthy, have gone to certain unis, in order to get to the top job in the country. No working class person can ever hope to gain his position as PM, you have to be from wealth in order to stand a chance. Which just shows everyone, how out of touch UK politicians have become, they all spend their time, mulling over this policy, over the next policy, instead of tackling REAL issues that face the country. This is the sole reason why the UK is in a complete mess right now. It's because of burgiouse politicians like this. Who try to make themselves look ordinary, like everyone else, like as if they care, but they don't come off as ordinary working class. They couldn't even fool a child much less a full grown adult.

[@AdamJnsn]

this is not britain’s pm

[@kumarsa108]

You don't get to decide.

[@daveoful]

How could this man have any concept of how us “lower class” struggle. I’m absolutely dreading someone like this being our next prime minister 😧. What the hell is going on in this country

[@landinocagliostro4891]

At least he knows about bread.

[@travelwell6049]

This morning in an interview the person backing him, tried to point out that Rishi was from an ordinary background by saying him Mum was a Chemist and Dad was a doctor and he went to university on a scholarship. (I can’t remember if it was Oxford or Cambridge) Just proves how out of touch they are, that they don’t even know how far away they are from the rest of us.

[@HUYI1]

All Tories are like this, he is no different, they have never been about the people or anyone at need, they only want to help themselves, the day when ALL of the conservative filth are removed from parliament is the day that I then celebrate with a bottle of champagne 🥂🍾 😤😤

[@rudolphteperberry3888]

Sort it out then Tony. At least Rishi has thrown his hat in the ring. What have you done?

[@assses-3216]

Honestly the cast of right wing clowns they have lined up will make it easier for anyone else to make decent political arguements. This government has engaged in a back rolling of rights and human rights and the worst part is, they think it's a completely normal thing.

[@wilsonflood4393]

Rishi recently gave advice on TV on how to solve your poverty. Simple, get a great job with a high wage. HE REALLY DID SAY THIS WITHOUT A HINT OF IRONY. HEARD IT WITH MY OWN EARS. THERE IS SOMETHING LACKING HERE. NOT A SUITABLE PM.

[@Spreadie]

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. When we saw him on TV, displaying zero knowledge on how to pay for groceries with a debit card, who could've guessed that meant he's never rubbed shoulders with the grubby proletariat? Seems like a man of the people. Totally relatable, no?

[@spidyman8853]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@crimsonchin9632]

He's a "True Yorkshireman" though remember 😉

[@helenheeney2284]

Couldn't agree more

[@Stillwater860]

100% will only look for the interest of himself and his ‘friends’

[@Tarot_Time_with_Belle]

Sadly this goes for anyone from a conservative/ privileged back ground. So normal people won’t ever stand a chance with this lot

[@arthurfnshelby4335]

I don’t have ‘upper class ‘ friends, and if he’s an example of ‘upper class’ thank goodness I don’t.

[@kumarsa108]

You just sound bitter.

[@jr5993]

I do and not all are like this I can assure you. They have much less if an edge to them. No violent undertones like the poorly spoken working class.

[@SagaciousFrank]

​@@jr5993, I'm working class, and even I don't broadly like most other working class people I work with nowadays. There are some exceptions, though. But I'm not defending Sunak, he's a royal 🔔🔚!

[@jr5993]

@SagaciousFrank I'm such a hypocrite. Most of the girls I get with are working class and I have several working class friends. Weird to think this was my opinion a month ago. I'm very posh in comparison to the girks I get with but they've helped me realise that the working class aren't too bad.

[@SagaciousFrank]

@@jr5993 , something suggests they'll be smitten with your poshness and the deep pockets that is implied by it, but maybe I'm wrong.

[@drshreddi7040]

Friends and class in one sentence. What kind of world are we living in?

[@mtarkes]

Real World.

[@Passionforpeace123]

Not the type of prime minister we need sick of the elitists

[@icedt03]

A person who feels superior to the majority isn’t fit to be a PM. All he’ll care about is his rich friends.

[@aiden8109]

Definition of a tory isn’t it?….🤔

[@boarbot7829]

That’s literally every Tory. When they see us voting for them after everything, you couldn’t blame them for feeling superior- their voters are absolute imbeciles.

[@helpyourself2123]

@@aiden8109 pakistani spotted.

[@timestravel3]

About that...

[@mrbakey1113]

When they tell you who they are… believe them!!!

[@user-mc1yd9bp5x]

He struggled when he said he got working class friends 😂😂😂 he then said im not working class 😮

[@wetaverse5472]

There is only one class worth joining and that is World Class ...people who respect all people no matter their race, religion or identity.

[@almusquotch9872]

So someone was holding onto this clip until his leadership bid. This party's downright Machiavellian.

[@assses-3216]

Honestly, I'm surprised the cabinet didn't engage in a 'culture war' with archives and start a little fire at the BBC.

[@SagaciousFrank]

All people vying for power are like that.

[@MegaWillow18]

I’m working class however I’m also not impressed by money, titles, degrees or followers. I’m more impressed with humility, integrity and kindness. That’s the difference.. between ‘us’and ‘them’ .

[@lauralishes1]

I don't know how anyone, especially the working class could ever vote for these toffs. The Daily Fail has really done a number on this country. Paul Dacre is rumoured to be getting a peerage from bozo the corrupt clown now. This is why they do it. When there is someone working class in parliament. Everyone calls them a chav. They are either too posh or not posh enough for some.

[@ivafern3196]

Indeed! 🙁

[@ursulacardin4390]

I feel exactly the same ... Money has never impressed me but the attributes you state in your post really do and always have. Thank you for a lovely message 🙏😊

[@syedshahzad1389]

Not “them “but “him”.He come from a family used to run chemist shop ……..not bad at all earning a living by work even royals have to work in this changed world.He is deluded, that’s all.

[@umarnallamilli6745]

Self-conceited us and them attitude is hardly humility now is it? 😂

[@tanyaandelvis2698]

And HE is our PM …frightening

[@mannie7028]

Does he need to have working class friends? What’s more concerning is that the issue of class is still part of our structure

[@bikeman123]

Wealth and status is everything to Indians. With India-origin parents there is no doubt that the India caste system very much influences Rishi's thinking.

[@dave4803]

That and they always put their own kind first even at the expense of all other races. They can't help it, they are bred to turn on all those that aren't like them, he made quick work of betraying Boris and another classic point, look at Khan the racist mayor of London.

[@iontach9844]

Not all Indians follow a caste system.

[@dave4803]

@@iontach9844 That's true but they always side with their own kind no matter what they did and the community will even shield them from arrest as long as they didn't commit the crime against one of their own people. That's why these gangs that do sick things against kids only target white kids..

[@afrinfatima8696]

I couldn't agree more with you. A friend of mine refused to marry her boyfriend because he was "from the working class" and supporting his parents and couldn't take her out to Michelin star resturants.

[@pappy374]

@@afrinfatima8696 He got lucky, because she sounds dreadful.

[@nataliegracecosmetics3800]

I don’t define people by class, I define them by who they actually are as a person. I define this guy as arrogant, thinks he’s truly above everyone and someone who needs a massive reality check.

[@aswinnair7748]

Me too.This guy is someone's tool.

[@heliotropezzz333]

He may have been answering a specific question about it, but he does seem detached from the world that everyone else lives in.

[@andresmontana4466]

Too far gone for any reality check short of a terminal illness I'm afraid. I don't wish that on him of course but I sincerely believe he's that far gone that nothing but a world shattering event could change his world view.

[@travelwell6049]

It’s a very old clip of an awkward young man. Are you basing your opinion of him on this very small snippet, clearly taken out of context and presented with a hugely biased spin?

[@floatingpeaks4584]

Racism is not what divides society, its class.

[@Danwuuu]

And this person is our prime minister, LMAO!

[@l-0-0l]

this screams shallow, disconnected, self centered and uncompassionate

[@neillaw6249]

The only decent thing about him is that he makes a fantastic spitting image puppet

[@Holy1OfIsrael.]

Lol thats funny, he just needs his head dangling about and fat puppet lips.

[@jamesgoold5520]

And sounds like Tony Blair

[@UncleBuZ]

What a bot.

[@robman80808]

"I am upper class. I look down on him because he is middle class."

[@CoryrocksPS]

If he ends up becoming PM his actions and words will be identical to Boris, I live and breathe for money and powerful friends but have no clue about anything else this is why I want to become PM of the UK 🤣

[@bear1245]

A man so in touch with his people…

[@lewisdean22]

Rich people

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Nobody likes thick working class chavs so I sympathise with him.!

[@ccmogs5757]

...........he"s not my people

[@allanhughes7859]

A man that only wants to be in touch with himself and if thats his Daddy then god help us all what a smug prick he looks to be ??

[@thomasrobert4654]

my people are white christian europeans, i.e. the indigenous people of our country and our continent.

[@VarliVuitton]

Are we supposed to be shocked by this video? Show me a video of a politician that ISNT like this.

[@TheAnnoor]

Media character assassinated corbyn

[@Turrican60]

In that case, do your homework on Dave Nellist, former MP for Coventry SE....he's most definitely NOT one of those pampered ar$eh*les.

[@bobbyknox9258]

Yeah he sounds like the guy I want running the country. Got his feet firmly on the ground, knows life's struggles. We'll do just fine with a toff like him. We haven't had one of those for years

[@nelsonwhaley6348]

Completely unsuitable for any Public Office post.

[@HTOP1982]

I think it's all a lie. He strikes me as a person who has loads of acquaintances, but no friends, no matter the strata.

[@danielcrafter9349]

Love this comment

[@nadinegomez8858]

A lot of rich people are only fake nice to each other for clout anyway. Seen it

[@florenceflorence58]

Why is Rishi so ashamed of the working class, he was embarrassed about saying working class that he had to correct himself. Says so much about this man that precludes him from being the next PM.

[@heliotropezzz333]

I think it's just that he caught himself saying an untruth.

[@elmodiddly]

You didn't bother to listen to the entire clip, you just took the words that you wanted to hear. You are the equivalent of those ransom letters made from newspaper cuttings! He went to inner city state schools 20 years ago as part of a levelling up recruitment drive to get us normal folk to consider applying! You could not be any more incorrect if you tried!

[@Hoganply]

That's not what I got at all. What I got from it was catching himself in a casual lie and actually being honest about his ignorance.

[@mofojohnson1]

he forgot his dad was in the room and corrected himself before his dad called him a lying jumped up spoilt tory boy

[@alfsmith4936]

They call it a caste system where I come from..

[@nordj9743]

Wasn’t he 21 here . Would be surprising if all the commentators below said nothing they are embarrassed about in their youth

[@sandeep2635]

He looked down on those who weren't rich, acting like he's better then everyone else, he hasn't changed one bit.

[@maxclive2138]

Dad thinking money well spent 💸

[@SafferBuccaneer]

I’ve never given much thought to what class my friends are. Couldn’t care less

[@assses-3216]

I genuinely have no idea where the distinction between working and middle class sits.

[@mynamehere7148]

It’s something to do with hummus and skiing.

[@assses-3216]

@@mynamehere7148 why would hummus need to ski?

[@phoenixrose1192]

@@assses-3216 Me neither. Apparently the folks who go on gap years are supposed to be “middle class” even there was literally no way in hell that I could have afforded to go on a gap year when I was 18! I guess I’m ‘muddle’ class then…🤣

[@sameerdodger]

that's probably because you're friends with people in the same class background of yourself. and if you don't believe the class system exists, you're either middle class and therefore ignorant as you don't have to care.. or you're dumb

[@penguin0075]

Politician and future PM in the making. He’s as bent as an Alan Key

[@sloht4061]

@@OliverInternational I think he means posture.

[@TheHillingdon2]

😂 Alan Key!

[@jaggass]

He sounds like Tom Daley.

[@S-North]

@@OliverInternational Bent, as in ' a bent copper ' bent as in corrupt.

[@thomasrobert4654]

@James Mackenzie the british establishments favourite people = foreigners, criminals and perverts as they are nearly all one or the other or all three in some cases.

[@MONSTERDRINKK]

He said he has working class friends and then put a disclosure saying he understands people may not like being referred to as working class

[@patevans6154]

He retracted his statement so quick about having working class friends shows he is so embarassed to be associated with them. Living in this wealthy bubble...and no sense of the real world, of existing poverty out there..

[@dellwright1407]

It's not that, he told a lie (I have working class friends) and then retracted it as he might have been asked about that.

[@nadinegomez8858]

@@dellwright1407 Lololol you clearly have not met a pretentious rich cnt like him in real life. It is 100% what OP said. People that deplorable exist

[@royfearn4345]

That's okay. I don't have any rich toff friends. Can't say I miss them!

[@arumeh95]

The disgusting smirk his father gives him when he corrects himself to say he has no working class friends is quite something...I think they forget that the majority of English voters see him as a foreign opportunist

[@Stillwater860]

I was thinking the same. His father reinforcing yeah you’re better than them. What kind of leadership qualities is espousing.

[@jemseed]

Im born in England but of brown skin, and I find him so embarrassing he actually thinks he is accepted as English. Sure he was born in Britain but to think he could be prime minister shows how delusional he is!!

[@hotdogflavoureddrink]

Easily the worst part of this video.

[@lochnesslife]

@@jemseed Not that delusional

[@howardtsang8316]

When the geopolitical situation intensifies, having a father in law owns a multinational corporation based in India and making deals in all nations, including adversary nations, it just a matter of time something will go wrong.

[@andresencolombia]

I could see some disgust on his face after saying 'working class,' as if his subconscious mind was telling him, 'Don't even consider it.

[@michellelilley9895]

The perfect example of ignorance. Supposedly well-educated due to the institutions he studied at yet not educated at the same time. I pity people like this, truly. They will never understand the real world. Bless his soul.

[@andresmontana4466]

Yep, I'd sooner forgo wealth, or the potential for it, than be as blinkered as this poor soul.

[@karmicbacklash]

Thanks to generational wealth, he'll never need to understand the reality most people live through every day, and I doubt he'll ever feel compelled to try.

[@nyce6734]

@@karmicbacklash why should he be ashamed of inheriting money I dont understand your point. You want him to not enjoy his privellege just because you dont have the same?

[@rudolphteperberry3888]

It's all "real" as far as can tell.

[@karmicbacklash]

@@nyce6734 It’s clear you don’t understand since you’re arguing against something I never said. The obvious point being that someone who is so demonstrably unable to relate to the general populace isn’t someone we need as Prime Minister. Somehow you interpreted it in a dumber, far less intuitive way.

[@perryvalton4245]

Sunk sees himself as something very special and unique as if the country really needs him.

[@kumarsa108]

Given your low productivity and high debt, yes.

[@phoenixrose1192]

@@kumarsa108 This slime ball is not the answer.

[@ronakio]

Stinky fishy Rishi.

[@benstevinson764]

Not Working Class that Says Everything!!!

[@conniestyles3435]

Our new prime minister, “Yayyyyy” guess all of us working class need to relocate!.

[@footyball66]

Minimum wage should be at least £15 before the working class start rioting.

[@Gileseypops]

The man, who is so disconnected from society that he couldn't figure out how to use a card machine at a petrol station, doesn't have any working class friends? Shocker.

[@assses-3216]

It's a little alarming he was overseeing the monetary and fiscal policy and didn't understand how a basic transaction worked. Maybe thats why he couldn't reduce VAT on fuel.

[@mroosie7488]

This whole social class malarkey grinds my gears - character is the most important thing.

[@steste8604]

However, it looks like he has a blue collar

[@chrispritchard4676]

Our current crop of leading Tory members are the lowest life forms I can recall. We are all doomed seems an apt phrase.

[@thomasrobert4654]

i agree but the inaction and cowardice of todays british males puts them a few rungs below even tory members.

[@Ina-ne4wt]

I do hope the conservative picks a leader that everyone can relate to. I am fed up of Etonians, people who have never worried about a real basic financial problems. They just cannot relate.

[@nclxmefozd6264]

And how are they going to find someone like that within the ranks of the Tory party 🤔

[@dlhussain81]

Well the problem is ALL politicians come from privileged backgrounds so you’re gonna have to wait a little longer…

[@dlhussain81]

Closest we ever had was John major from Brixton!!

[@Ina-ne4wt]

@@dlhussain81 I do not thing that is always the case. But our last three PMs have all come from privileged backgrounds. I would like to see, someone who is grounded, understands the problems that the every day man has. Yes it is going to be difficult, but that is what we need.

[@kumarsa108]

No, but they were trained to lead and be the elite. This country has always been in control of a very small number of individuals.

[@byfo1991]

Your new PM people of Britain. Please accept my condolences.

[@mabrukreza5456]

He doesn't have working class friends how does that guy feel how hard it's for working class people live is under his policy

[@kriskruz3792]

Would be interesting to watch a video of Rees Mogg when he was 20 years old back in 1759.

[@AngelaH2222]

He would certainly have looked down on Sunak

[@lesley9989]

😂🤣😂

[@fartbot1324]

Tory MP Jamie Wallis is found guilty of three driving offences after crashing his Mercedes into lamp post in late night smash and fleeing the scene while wearing high heels and black leather PVC mini skirt 😄😂😂

[@greatestytcommentator]

Now THAT is a PROPER Tory!

[@charlie240470]

What a snob...

[@VNavale]

I don't think any of the conservative leadership candidates do.

[@darkhumour7481]

I’ll be surprised if he actually has any friends.

[@thomasrobert4654]

pa-ki no mates

[@jonsmith5058]

‘I tell them to apply for Oxford’ This alone shows how out of touch this guy is. I had a working class friend who went to Oxford, you could hardly tell as he had elocution lessons and spoke like one of them. He hid his background for fear of bullying and classism which is rampant there. This is not even touching on the absurdity of ‘just apply’ as if the costs etc are affordable for any of them and scholarships remotely realistic. I despise this man.

[@TuorTheBlessedOfUlmo]

Being a working class construction worker I honestly can't imagine something less intimidating then upper class people trying to bully anyone

[@repairtech9717]

@@TuorTheBlessedOfUlmo The fact that they are upper class means their kind have "bullied" you and your kind for centuries. Sure you can just punch them or something but at the end of the day you do shit jobs for shit wages and you got a shit education and live in a comparatively shit house and area and you will pass that fate on to your children. Those kids are scared because they know being an outcast means they do the shit jobs and live the shit life.

[@phoenixrose1192]

Institutional racism is always addressed here, why isn’t institutional classism?

[@jonsmith5058]

@John Connor don’t get ahead of yourself, not yet he isn’t

[@sdrawkcabUK]

The prevalence of this attitude is why England will forever remain a second rate country.

[@ingejustavanderhelm5208]

Apparently Sunak supports the class system. Does he support the caste system too?

[@chop_suey_stuey]

Clearly unsuitable for the job, but that's for his Tory peers to decide as we won't get to have a say in it. British "democracy".

[@thomasrobert4654]

british parliamentary democracy it keeps the same group in power whatever party they are in. but now they are planning to hand us over to the globalists of the w.e.f. its why they wanted to stay in the european union no matter how they cocked it up they just blamed the e.u., now they want a globalist gang to blame as they know people are getting ready to assassinate them and burn their houses down. its started already in other lands.

[@jdizzle1779]

Burn it all down and start again I say

[@PumpkinHoard]

Lol, he might as well give up now. His chances of being PM just died.