British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party.
Sunak’s decision to leave early was met with dismay within his Conservative Party, which is trailing far behind the Labour Party in opinion polls and facing the prospect of a huge defeat on July 4.
Labour Leader Keir Starmer also attended the D-Day 80th anniversary events in northern France on Thursday and was seen talking to world leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“After the conclusion of the British event in Normandy, I returned back to the U.K.,” Sunak said in a post on X. “On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay in France longer — and I apologize.”
Boris was a really really shitty PM who seemed to just care about himself.
But I can’t help but feel like Sunak is the prime minster who has cared the least about the UK ever.
Seems like Boris at least wanted the UK to look good so he looks too. I feel like as long as Sunak was rich and safe he wouldn’t care if the UK was on fire and everyone in dead.