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Tory blunder sees slick election launch film feature man who made his views about the prime minister clear on Facebook.’s election campaign has been hit by another blunder after he released a video featuring a voter who said he came “close” to hitting him.A slick promotional video published on X by Sunak, showed him delivering the speech in Downing Street and meeting voters across the country.In the comments below the post, Schindler was told: “You do look like you’re going to clobber him.
His speech was also disrupted by Labour Party anthem ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ being played by protesters nearby. The shambolic opening to the campaign was headlined “things can only get wetter” by the even the Conservative supporting Daily Telegraph. In an interview with BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Sunak said he was the “first to admit that it was a bit wet”.'Things Can Only Get Wetter': Rishi Sunak Gets Soaked As He Announces Election DateSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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