'Two things' have gone wrong for Sunak, claims ex-Labour communications chief

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Published 2024-06-16
Lord Peter Mandelson, the former Labour communications chief and cabinet minister, has said two things are stopping the attempt by the Conservatives to get re-elected.

One is Rishi Sunak's failure to "repudiate" and reject Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, as that would have been needed to get "a hearing" from the public.

Secondly, Lord Mandelson says Mr Sunak is having to "constantly" outflank Reform UK on the right of the Tories, and that by appeasing and throwing red meat to Nigel Farage, he is only emboldening the former UKIP chief.

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All Comments (21)
  • @marvellis6762
    Sunak. Chancellor by default. Prime Minister by default. Complete and total amateur in politics
  • @jananders1351
    What has gone wrong for the Tories is that people are directly experiencing the result of 14 years of Tory "government".
  • @Differentbias
    Sunak struggled to grow the economy. He increased: immigration, taxes, poverty, NHS waits, crime and unemployment. He attacked the most vulnerable in our society: Sick and disable. He has become the most unwanted entity in British politics.
  • Ritchie Sunak should never have been prime Minister of the UK.
  • A very slimy, loathesome, has-been publicity seeker. Blair’s partner in crime.
  • @robtheplod
    Who would have thought inviting millions more into the country but not building houses or improving doctors/dentists/hospitals/schools/infrastructure etc would have an impact on the population and make them slightly annoyed about being poorer....
  • More than two things have gone wrong for the Tories and even more has gone wrong for Britain.
  • @leebex100
    Two things have gone wrong for Sunak "everything he says and everything he does."
  • 650 MPs at Westminster, each on an average salary of 91,000+ a year 'plus' expenses and allowances. On retirement each MP can expect a pension of two thirds of their final salary, 60,000 minimum. Of those 650 MPs only 8 or so showed an interest in the commons debates on the excessive deaths of our people who continue to suffer and die as I type!
  • @monkeyboy8424
    The game is up for Ritchie Sunak - was he pretending all along....
  • He showed how weak he was at the start by putting Braverman back in her job and protecting her until he couldnt anymore
  • Theirs been a hell of a lot more things gone wrong for ordinary people.
  • A few things have gone wrong with Mandelson,the first being,he was born
  • @mrECisME
    My prediction for the election is record spoiled ballets
  • @mrECisME
    "We had to put our foot on the economic accelerate" IE we sold off all the public assets, borrowed billions and printed billions more and then stole our money to bail out billionaire bankers.
  • @BSJinx
    Sunak only screws up on two occasions: day and night.
  • @DeeZire
    Only one thing went wrong for Sunak - he was put into the PM job by a party that, having ignored the electorate for years, then ignored their own membership. Which begs the question - if not the electorate and not the membership, whose instructions are they following?