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Rishi Sunak pretending to own a Kia Rio

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Tilltheend99 · 24/03/2022 20:36

Apparently, Rishi borrowed a Sainsbury’s workers ordinary car to be photographed with it. Then he tried to buy a can of Coke and couldn’t work out how to use his card. (He is in charge of our economy)

I just think the whole scenario is so bonkers everyone should here about it.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/voices/rishi-sunak-car-pumps-contactless-b2043101.html%3famp

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Tilltheend99 · 24/03/2022 20:36

*hear

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 24/03/2022 20:42

He's an idiot.

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Tilltheend99 · 24/03/2022 20:44

@teaandtoastwithmarmite

He's an idiot.
Yes, it’s not very reassuring during a living standards crisis!
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CatDogMonkeyPOW · 24/03/2022 20:45

His wife has shares in a company that is linked to Russia.

They are billionaires and therefore he has no clue how the average Brit is struggling right now.

The petrol station thing would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious just how awful this government is.

ShipshapeShore · 24/03/2022 20:57

How odd. I like to pretend I don't own a Kia Rio. (It is a 'senior' car with a scape down the side though - more that than the model!)

balzamico · 24/03/2022 20:59

He also has said that the family has many types of bread - at a time when many families can't afford one loaf never mind a variety.
He really has no idea, I'm disappointed as he seemed to be atypical at the beginning of the pandemic but he really is clueless

balzamico · 24/03/2022 21:00

Sorry, that should have read "his family has many types of bread"

MoonminMummy9 · 24/03/2022 21:00

Pretending to be tall
Pretending to use contactless when buying can of coke

PurpleThursdays · 24/03/2022 21:03

What the hell did I just read? 😂

niceupthedanceagain · 24/03/2022 21:08

What a joke

CatNamedEaster · 24/03/2022 21:21

I don't get it. The arrogance, the Teflon attitude. If I make a mistake at work I feel terrible about it because it creates more work, costs money and makes me feel embarrassed about my competence.

Maybe my new mantra should be "what would Rishi do?" Accidentally fucked up my yearly forecast and created a surplus costing £££££ in storage? Never mind, I'll just send an email reminding everyone of the good job I did 2 years ago. Maybe with a jpeg of me drinking builders tea from a Sports Direct mug, to show how nice I am, so you can't be mean to me.

I'm sure my manager will be dead impressed.

SpikyJugs · 24/03/2022 21:29

What astonishes me is why on earth he thought the photo would be a good idea. Did he think anyone would believe it was his car? Was he pretending to be a man of the people thinking we didn't know he was a billionaire?

Is he so out of touch with the average people of this country that he honestly had no idea how ridiculous this would look?

And what about his advisors? Where were they???

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 24/03/2022 21:31

I remember what a dick he made of himself 'helping out' during the eat out to help out thing after the first lockdown

ReachersDaughter · 24/03/2022 21:35

He didn't have a clue what bread he bought and how much it cost this morning on the beeb. Said hovis seeded for him with others for his family and that it had gone up 20p a loaf. He clearly didn't have the first clue about what they bought and what the price was.

Luredbyapomegranate · 24/03/2022 22:07

Why do people do things like this.

The in laws are billionaires. Everyone knows this.

thebabynanny · 24/03/2022 22:11

He's literally a billionaire.

Why pretend he eats hovis or does his own shopping?

Fridgeorflight · 24/03/2022 22:39

Is that "Let them eat different breads" from Sunak? While he's not going to end up guilloitined, it's certainly not going to endear him to the proletariat.

Petronus · 24/03/2022 22:43

He’s frighteningly out of touch. When asked by a group of school children what his favourite subject at school was he said div, which is not exactly something you’d find at your local comp.

HomecomingKween · 24/03/2022 22:44

He's an absolute fanny who's obsessed with his stupid little photo ops.

I don't know who advised him that posing with a 'pleb's' car would make him seem relatable.

I did enjoy him getting a bit panicked and huffy when Sky News asked him about his wife's £500m shares in the Moscow based Infosys.

SpikyJugs · 24/03/2022 23:59

And his failure to work out how to pay using a contactless card.

hes never been inside a petrol station before has he?

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Tilltheend99 · 25/03/2022 05:20

@teaandtoastwithmarmite

I remember what a dick he made of himself 'helping out' during the eat out to help out thing after the first lockdown
That video of him ‘serving’ in a restaurant was peak ‘The Thick of it’ too.

I saw ‘let them eat bread’ was trending on Twitter over the bread thing. Maybe he will be pictured with an own brand loaf next, or selecting something from the Lidles bakery section!

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Horcruxe · 25/03/2022 06:36

I cant believe he messed up the contactless payment.

How does he pay for stuff?

gamerchick · 25/03/2022 06:43

I'm wondering how he pays for stuff usually. He must never physically pay for stuff in a shop or petrol station.

Obviously like

FrecklesMalone · 25/03/2022 06:51

What the hell is "div". He is just a typical rich Tory. I've met rich boys like him a lot other the years. The majority have such contempt of the average person and not a clue about financially struggling as they never have had to worry.

DistrictCommissioner · 25/03/2022 06:52

He must always shop online or have the PA sort it I guess. He’s presumably got a housekeeper so not much domestic shopping to sort out…