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muriel_volestrangler

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5. Tip for disastrous leaders: don't get too close to Titanic-themed areas

Reply to Emrys (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2024, 04:27 PM

May 2024

Sunak’s efforts to breathe life into the two-day-old campaign suffered another hiccup on Friday when a visit to Belfast’s Titanic Quarter brought comparisons to the liner’s sinking in 1912.

“We are just yards away from where the Titanic was built and designed,” a reporter from Belfast Live asked Sunak in a clip widely shared on social media. “Are you captaining a sinking ship going into this election?”

As Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary – among those not standing again – tried to suppress a smirk, Sunak launched into a heavily rehearsed answer about how “our plan is working”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/24/michael-gove-to-stand-down-at-general-election

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The inevitable Sunakapalooza election shenanigans thread [View all] Emrys May 2024 OP

Unable to organise a piss-up in a Welsh brewery - that embarrasing silence muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #1

Been humming that old song... LeftishBrit May 2024 #2

I have a subject to bring up... T_i_B May 2024 #3

A few more to catch up with the last couple of days' crop Emrys May 2024 #4

Tip for disastrous leaders: don't get too close to Titanic-themed areas muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #5

The Tories have just sent out an email pleading for candidates for just under 100 seats Emrys May 2024 #6

A quiet day was planned for Sunak after an eventful week. Emrys May 2024 #7

They lost nearly 500 local councillors last month - surely there should be loads queuing up muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #8

I'd imagine a proportion of them might Emrys May 2024 #9

A week in and I've finally had the first leaflet of the campaign T_i_B May 2024 #10

My wife answered the door to an unwelcome visit a couple of days ago Emrys May 2024 #11

Annoying leaflets: "Labour Mail" designed to look like a Royal Mail "Something for you" notice muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #12

The Labour leaflet I had was very bland T_i_B May 2024 #13