While volunteering at a soup kitchen, Rishi Sunak asked a homeless man if 'he would like to get into the finance industry '

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From the guardian:Rishi Sunak has been criticised over an awkward exchange with a homeless person while volunteering at a soup kitchen in front of television cameras.

The prime minister visited a shelter on Friday, where after a brief exchange he asked the man whether he worked in business. The man replied that he was homeless. Sunak then discussed his background in the finance industry and asked if it would be something the man would “like to get in to”.

The man replied: “I wouldn’t mind, but I don’t know, I’d like to get through Christmas first.”

...I have no words.

Nobody actually sleeping on the streets "works in business"

selling The Big Issue provides much more than that. Each vendor is running their own micro-business, which means they have to manage their outgoing and profits, just like any other enterprise out there

www.bigissue.com/news/activism/heres-exactly-how-you-can-help-big-issue-vendors/

Michael Crick, no fan of Sunak tweeted,

Sunak spoke to Dean, the homeless chap, about finance, because Dean raised the issue, and told him he was interested in finance. What do you think Sunak should have said: "Forget it, Dean, you're homeless. You'll never get a job in finance."?

twitter.com/MichaelLCrick/status/1606757822603091969?t=tR8JkjcQiC3eOYR0RqV_IQ&s=19

Of course they were.

The video is fake then

It's almost as if people watch a video and hear different things.

I can well believe that someone who is homeless may have had a good income, job, education and a home in the past.

It does not take much to lose all that. And it's even easier with the lack of support that is available, the housing issues, financial issues and the cost of housing at the moment. Many people are much closer than they realise.

Like I said, that conversation could have gone far far worse for Sunak

He's from the same batch as Teresa May.

Capta!n awkw@rd.

He's from the same batch as Theresa May
Capta!n awkw @rd

October 2021
Labour leader [Keir Starmer] is seen carefully reversing the HGV lorry as his instructor sat beside him gives him instructions.
However just seconds later a crash is heard in the background as the lorry collides into a bollard on the course and Sir Keir's instructor says: 'Put it in neutral, handbrake on. Turn your ignition off.
'You'd have failed your test.'

The Labour leader begins to remove his seat belt before replying: 'OK very good. Very good.'

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10085179/Labour-leader-crashes-lorry-given-HGV-driving-lesson-Greater-Manchester.html

Bless.

You really do try, don't you.

Still, only 2 years to go. At most.

This is what happens when vacuous technocrats are elevated to positions of power. He is not a leader or a statesman. He’s basically stupid and robotic enough to have his strings pulled.

This sounds very very unlike someone who is usually very left leaning.

How extraordinary.

Wtf has Keir Starmer ballsing up a driving lesson got to do with Richi Sunak using people in a shit situation for his own benefit?

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Wtf has Keir Starmer ballsing up a driving lesson got to do with...

Who say's "OK very good. Very good." after failing their driving test?

Is this the best you have?

It is going to be a very tough 2 years for you.

So if you are left leaning you shouldn't be aspirational or encouraging?

How extraordinary

The vibe I got from this was “your relative who doesn’t know how to interact with children” talking to children… except it’s the prime minister and the general public.

Someone who has been very polite and listened to find out where they went wrong. Someone who is teachable and respectful. Someone who cares enough about the process to want to improve.

All good traits to have in my opinion.

Its just Clavinova deflecting. Typical whataboutery.
Clavinova start a thread about that if you want. This thread is about Rishi Sunak.

A lot of the people who are politicians today would have not have been politicians in the past, they're intelligent, but have no people skills or charisma. In the past they'd be working behind the scenes. Now they are put out front of house due to the lack of anyone better.

This is what happens when vacuous technocrats are elevated to positions of power.

Technocrat implies a high level of expertise in at least one area. His running of the economy was weak, even by the poor standards of most Tory chancellors (Ken Clarke excepted).

Gordon Brown was a robotic technocrat but by the standards of the last decade's leadership he looks like fucking Churchill

@Clavinova who cheers and whoops when told nurses aren’t getting a pay rise ? Yup. Tory mps.