After Sunak’s tense and painful interview with Sam Coates, Farage has some choice words for the PM:
“If he doesn’t understand how vitally important D-Day is in terms of our country its history it is one of our top ever achievements and it’s something that runs right through the generations in this country that we did something truly remarkable. It’s at the edge of living memory this was the last time ever there’ll be a gathering of veterans on parade in Normandy… he is completely disconnected from the centre of this country and he’s proved to me that he basically is not a patriotic leader of the Conservative Party.”
Since Sunak’s own-goal apology pundits are wildly speculating about the implications of the gaffe. Sam Freedman says that up to 25% of Sunak’s seat is made up of military families/veterans and that Richmond may therefore be at risk. What’s likelier is that this will accelerate a Reform crossover and could even put the Tories in third place on election day. Farage is knocking seven bells out of Sunak, and there’s weeks to go…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”