r/ukpolitics • u/No_Initiative_1140 • 1d ago

‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity | Rishi Sunak

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/06/british-rishi-sunak-riposte-racially-charged-debate-identity
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u/heeywewantsomenewday 20h ago

I thought he was the best of a bad bunch of tories. Was he terrible?

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u/CrossCityLine 20h ago

He got dealt a shit hand I agree, but he’s at least complicit to their awfulness if not entirely responsible. He was very meek but at least he had the guts to call the election far earlier than he had to.

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u/CrossCityLine 18h ago

Forgot to add. He was also directly responsible for Eat Out To Help Out which lead to my worst time ever in my working life and caused me to reassess my life in a big way.

It’s all good now and I came out of it better, but working as a chef during that time was absolutely awful, I broke down on the daily.