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Why did Sunak leave the D-Day commemorations early?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Politics, Government, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

It's yet another gaffe for Rishi Sunak. At yesterday’s D Day anniversary celebrations when it came time for official photographs with Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron, it was Lord Cameron, not Rishi Sunak, who did the honours for Britain. With the prime minister reportedly leaving early to do a pre-recorded political interview with ITV. He has since apologised, but can he bounce back from this one?

Oscar Edmondson speaks to Katy Balls and Isabel Hardman.

Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

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Hello and welcome to Coffeyhound Shocks, a Spectator's daily politics

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podcast. I'm Oscar Edmondson and I'm joined today by Katie Balls and Isabel Hardman.

0:30.5

So Rishi Sunak has gifted us another defining image for this election

0:35.9

campaign at yesterday's D-Day anniversary commemorations when it came time for

0:40.3

official photographs with Joe Biden, Olaf Schultz and Emmanuel Macron. It was Lord

0:44.8

Cameron rather than Ritchie Sunak who did the honours for Britain, with the Prime Minister

0:48.9

reportedly leaving early to do a political interview with I TV. He has since apologized but Katie the optics of

0:55.8

this one really don't look great do they? Yeah as you say we've had several campaign

1:00.4

gaff so far but this feels like the first real big campaign mistake and one that I think will become a defining moment and one that will be quickly weaponized by Nigel Farage for the Reform Party and is already being

1:15.0

weaponised and attacked by labour as a sign that Rishisholish and disrespect to

1:20.8

veterans. Now Rish Schenect was there for you know parts of the day

1:26.3

and for the key British element however his decision to leave before this was

1:31.3

all over and miss what I think was a very defining photo of

1:36.1

Biden, Macron, Schultz all there on the beach and instead you heard David Cameron standing in. I think that moment and

1:47.0

that picture quickly went very viral as everyone said why is David Cameron

1:51.3

there he's not Prime Minister used to be why is Richisunak left and then

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