FACT CHECK: Image Purporting To Show Rishi Sunak Standing In Front Of ‘Moron’ Sign Is Altered
image Share on Facebook The photo shows British Chancellor Rishi Sunak standing in front of a sign that reads “Idiot”. Screenshot captured from Facebook Verdict: False The claim is false and the image has been digitally altered: the original image of Mr Sunak published online via Getty Images shows the British prime minister posing in […]
Labour criticises Rishi Sunak’s national service plan as ‘unfunded’ – UK politics live | Politics
cleverly told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg No one will be “forced” to do military national service and can instead join the civilian component. These could include a range of things, such as special constables, on-call firefighters, emergency medical responders and unified public services such as environmental protection, he said. He insisted that sufficient funding was […]
Sunak promises to bring back national service for 18-year-olds | Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak last night attempted to revive a failure-ridden election campaign by announcing that a future Conservative government would reinstate National Service. The plans are seen as the latest attempt to reduce Conservative defeats by winning over the support of voters who have drifted to Reform UK, but the Prime Minister said all 18-year-olds must […]
Extremists trying to tear us apart, says Rishi Sunak in impromptu No 10 speech | Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak claimed British extremist groups were “trying to tear us apart” in a hastily prepared Downing Street statement hours after George Galloway won the Rochdale by-election. Standing outside Downing Street late on Friday, the prime minister condemned the “shocking rise in extremist chaos and crime” after the October 7 massacre by Hamas and Israel’s […]
TV tonight: could Rishi Sunak pull off the mother of all political comebacks? | Television
Rishi Sunak Up Close – Tonight 8.30pm, ITV1 It is pointless to know more about Rishi Sunak, as his role in British public life will probably end soon. Still, as a companion piece to January’s documentary on Keir Starmer, this provides an overview of the best parts of the Prime Minister’s life so far (millions […]
UK PM Rishi Sunak thankful King Charles’ cancer caught early
Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday weighed in on King Charles’ shocking cancer diagnosis, saying he was grateful the disease was “caught early”. sunak told BBC Radio He said he was “shocked and saddened” to learn of the recently crowned British monarch’s battle with cancer. “All our thoughts are with him and his family,” the British […]
‘Not a betting person’: Rishi Sunak rows back on £1,000 Rwanda bet | Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak has hit back at a £1,000 bet he made with broadcaster Piers Morgan over whether deportation flights to Rwanda will take off before the general election, saying he is “not a gambler”. Ta. The Prime Minister said on Tuesday he was “surprised” when Mr Morgan told him during an interview on Talk TV: […]
Sunak admits failure over promise to cut NHS waiting lists | Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak admitted he had failed to keep his promise to cut medical waiting lists. The prime minister made this one of the important pledges by which his ability would be judged upon taking office. But this grand pledge was downgraded late last year, with England’s situation actually deteriorating in many ways, before Mr Sunak […]
Rishi Sunak admits he has failed on pledge to cut NHS waiting lists – UK politics live | Politics
good morning. Rishi Sunak The Prime Minister is in Belfast today meeting political leaders including the new Prime Minister Michelle O’Neill, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengery and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. This is (rare) good news. Because of his two amendments to the Northern Ireland Protocol (the Windsor Framework, announced last February, and the […]
Rishi Sunak says his parents wanted him to speak without an accent to ‘fit in’ | Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak has spoken of the racism he experienced as a child and how his parents were so determined that he fit in and speak without an accent that he was sent to extra drama lessons. “You’re conscious of being different,” he told ITV News’ deputy political editor Anushka Asthana. “It’s hard not to be, […]