 Rishi Sunak may be the most powerful man in the UK, but when it comes to being personable, much like his trousers, he comes up short. Whether he's trying to pay for petrol at the pump, bragging about his 'Mexican Coke' addiction or modelling his choice of leisurewear, he always looks like a man who is failing to play a role his advisors have written for him. Wednesday morning was no exception, as he appeared on Nick Ferrari's LBC Breakfast show to take questions from Nick and his listeners. Now it shouldn't come as a surprise that a Tory minister is out of touch with the general population, but with an election looming and the Tories getting battered in the polls, if Sunak wants to be taken even a little bit seriously, it's time he acted like a human. If being relatable is an art, Rishi's performance was a paint-by-numbers canvas, and he barely stayed within the lines. Firstly say your parents worked in the NHS. Then talk about your daughters, and finally, tell them you love Star Wars. On the surface, three very pleasant and likeable traits. But when served time and time again by the one-time Wagamama's waiter and you-could-have-a-future-in-cyber robot Rishi, it doesn't take too much deconstruction to damage their relatability. Yes, Rishi, we know your mum and dad were a GP and pharmacist, and you used to work in their shop. But mentioning this only highlights the disdain with which you treat workers within our National Health Service. You've admitted to using a private GP, while hundreds of thousands of people are waiting months if not years to have life-changing operations that have been delayed by your party's inability to properly fund the NHS. The simple fact is, someone who is worth hundreds of millions of pounds can never be a man of the people When questioned by a junior doctor during the phone-in as to why he refused to negotiate a better pay deal with striking doctors, he bizarrely accused them instea){kind=link}
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Rishi Sunak may be the most powerful man in the UK, but when it comes to being personable, much like his trousers, he comes up short.
Whether he’s trying to pay for petrol at the pump, bragging about his ‘Mexican Coke’ addiction or modelling his choice of leisurewear, he always looks like a man who is failing to play a role his advisors have written for him.
Wednesday morning was no exception, as he appeared on Nick Ferrari’s LBC Breakfast show to take questions from Nick and his listeners.
Now it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a Tory minister is out of touch with the general population, but with an election looming and the Tories getting battered in the polls, if Sunak wants to be taken even a little bit seriously, it’s time he acted like a human.