To think the never ending criticism of Rishi Sunak is rooted in racism?

Yes. But then that’s a very very low bar.

Didn’t notice. Great minds …

I agree with that. The allegations of being unpatriotic are designed to appeal to the racists who might vote Reform. The other stuff is simply about his inability to understand the experience of others and the fact that he's simply not an effective politician.

There's pretty outward racism coming from Reform and rightwards of that, but otherwise I think the criticism of him is entirely because he is incompetent and out of touch and there's nothing racist about criticising that.

"People can't seem to handle the fact that he's wealthy"

I think when a leader is advocating for ideologically driven policy that's decimating public services and resulting in really serious widespread suffering for the poorest and most vulnerable people in society, & they're doing so from a position of astonishing personal privilege - then yes, it is a bit bloody gross.

He's just a prick, nothing to do with the colour of his skin.

^^This. He's just the latest in a long line of awful, out of touch Tory politicians. But there are far worse.

Yes there is a lot of racist comments being made about him often underhand which is something that just isn't acceptable. I think the criticism often comes from him being viewed as not really British, comments made about Johnson are often of a different tone regardless if they are positive or negative

Sunak certainly hasn't been a good PM he could have moved the party away from the right and more to the centre. He has followed two absolutely terrible PM's who for some reason he has not distanced himself from them enough but he isn't as bad as them

I am also not a Tory supporter, but he certainly is a better PM that Johnson or Truss

I think it's a combination of things.

He's the leader of a wildly unpopular government.

The higher profile cabinet ministers have been pretty much invisible during the campaign apart from Penny Mordaunt who popped up to slag him off, so he's been taking all the flak single handed, despite not being well-equipped for the spotlight.

He's not very good at politics and comes across badly on TV.

Most of the Conservative Party resent him for calling a snap election which they think has stitched them up.

Racism from some quarters - most obviously Farage, but I'm sure there's others.

Lastly and most crucially, the news narrative has become "what's Rishi done wrong today?" Everything becomes seen through the news prism of the hapless idiot who can't do anything right. That doesn't actually play into any racial stereotypes as far as I can see - it's just the way the Power of Story is working out. News loves to tell us stories that repeat what we already believe.

I reckon he's been ineffective within Government/his own party largely because of a combination of their racism and general ineptitude. He's only there because he was the least worst option of the lot of them and I bet a fair few found it difficult to vote for him for any reason other than him not being one of the others scrabbling around for the job at the time.

When there are oblique references to his 'Culture' (oh, I mean his culture as being rich, not his Culture culture'), that's racism.

When it's 'he's ineffectual and the party is in complete disarray', it's not.

Nope.
He's just not very good at his job.

No, it's rooted in thinking that rich, out of touch people shouldn't be running the country.

No, he’s just a shit, unelected PM in the final agonising death throes of the Tories term.

Nothing to do with race, he is not believable or genuine. He is out of touch with reality.

This.

He is worth billions, has access to money that is genuinely staggering, and when he is turfed out of office will decamp to the US where he will earn yet more money.
It is nothing to do with race, OP, I believe you will find that he is slightly less detested than dear old Maggie.
But she was a ginger...

It must be racism. I couldn't possibly think of anything else!!!!

Sunak is a self serving idiot. Nothing to do with culture.

Why do people keep trying to play the race card for him - doesn’t matter if he is blue, pink or indifferent he’s still a prick, not one of them have an honest bone in their body. On a slightly different note there are still lots of kids that don’t have sky because their parents need to put food on the table and not to be able to send them to private school- that shows how out of touch politicians are!

Nah, he's just a prat.

Oops, @Finestwinesknowntoman - didn't see your post and wrote something very similar! Sorry - wasn't copying!

Of course there will be racism, becasue racists exist. However, I don't think most of the criticism comes from racism - like most posters have said, he's just not done a great job (though somewhat better than some of our previous PMs). He's also terrible at the public stuff - TV appearances, talking with the public - it's just not his thing, so he gifts us all with more opportunities for criticism.
The Sky TV thing - he was asked if he had ever had to go without. Perfect opportunity to say something along the lines of "I completely understand that I had a privileged upbringing. I didn't have to go without much - the biggest thing I remember wanting but not having was Sky TV - which is hardly comparable to what many people are going through in this country at the moment. But I don't think my lack of suffering stops me from having empathy, listening to people and trying my utmost to ensure more people have everything they need in life"
or whatever - he could have said something that acknowledged his position but also reassured people that he cared. But instead, he seemed to be desperately trying to find something he could say he went without - and finally came up with Sky TV!
I always say I would have so much more respect for honest politicians - ones that admit they agree with certain policies of other parties, acknowledge where they come from or what they don't know, etc. I realise this would not stop them from getting criticism, but it would at least make me feel they were genuine. Even if I disagree with someone, I can respect them if I feel they are honest and genuine.

I am white british and i loathe the tories ,i think Rishi is a clown and no better than any of them , but even though i think the colour of our prime ministers skin should be completely irrelevant i am proud that we have a british asian in that role.
Any british person of any race should be able to aim for the top.
So in response to your comment no i do not think criticism is rooted in racism in the vast majority of people.

Oh come on. It isn't racism.
It would be racist if we didn't critisize him.

No. All the other tory PMs have received endless stick also.

😂

Yeah, he’s just shit Nowt to do with his colour.