Rishi Sunak left the D-Day commemorations early to do an interview with ITV – 23 funniest condemnations

Just when Rishi Sunak’s misfiring election campaign can’t get any worse, he doesn’t just shoot himself in the foot, he blows it clean off.

We are of course talking about the Prime Minister’s decision to leave the D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations to, er, do a pre-recorded election interview with ITV’s Paul Brand.

What Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky and all the other world leaders thought of it, we can only imagine (at least they got to meet the next prime minister, though).

Veteran, “You’re the saviour of the people”

Zelenskyy, “No, you saved Europe”

Vladimir Putin wasn’t there

Keir Starmer met Zlenskyy but Rishi Sunak had left pic.twitter.com/KVt71u6Q8e

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) June 6, 2024

And it was a misjudgement of such epic proportions that Sunak took time out from making stuff up about Labour to do that rarest of things – he apologised.

And it prompted no end of comment as you might imagine and these people surely said it best.

1.

“GET OUT OF MY WAY OLD MAN, PAUL BRAND IS WAITING” pic.twitter.com/hgbSjInFQn

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) June 7, 2024

2.

So to summarise, Rishi Sunak, who has committed to forcing all young people to spend an entire year of their lives serving their country, couldn’t even manage one afternoon of it himself. pic.twitter.com/vaBIlRY9vm

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) June 7, 2024

3.

My dad spent longer on that beach than our own Prime Minister did. And in rather more testing circumstances. https://t.co/ETpuUkX3U3

— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) June 6, 2024

4.

“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the – sorry, there’s the helicopter. Dave, you finish this” pic.twitter.com/lU9IkQHXxm

— Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm) June 7, 2024

5.

That moment when you leave a party early and your crush turns up and starts flirting with your mate … https://t.co/7bzQXVYKhE

— emily m (@maitlis) June 6, 2024

6.

It’s a bit unrealistic to expect teenagers to do a year of national service when today Sunak couldn’t do a full day of it.

— Glen Mitchell (@GlenMitchell1) June 6, 2024

7.

if you showed this photo to someone in 2015 they’d just assume David Cameron was still the PM and they’d be surprised but not that surprised https://t.co/OLhQazW9Qt

— Hugh Brechin (@HughRBrechin) June 6, 2024

8.

Finally, a Prime Minister apologises for leaving Europe.

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) June 7, 2024

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#sunak pic.twitter.com/mdYKXzShrI

— Michael Manoel Chaves (parody) (@qandamazon) June 7, 2024

10.

Since the D-Day snub has gone so well. what have Sunak’s genius advisers got planned next to test how low they can drive their poll numbers? Have him push David Attenborough down the stairs? Ban fish and chips? Put Paddington Bear on a flight to Rwanda?

— Patrick Kidd (@patrick_kidd) June 7, 2024

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At this point it’s hard not to conclude that Rishi Sunak is trying to throw the election as badly as possible. Possibly as part of some sort of spread betting scheme.

— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) June 7, 2024

12.

“Let go of me old man; I’ll be late for my interview with ITV” pic.twitter.com/s3tez3AujS

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) June 7, 2024