Pascal 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇫🇷: "do you work in finance" I think is what he asked.

Today’s newsletter: some thoughts on Rishi Sunak’s election campaign, and the decisions, in the last six weeks, but also the last two years that made it so:

Why has Rishi Sunak’s campaign been such a disaster?www.ft.com The PM’s blunders worsened his chances amid a backdrop of crumbling public services and party fundraising struggles

You make a good point about simply not using any of the deteriorating services the rest of us have to deal with.

100% part of the problem - hell, even a First Class train ride, instead of a helicopter trip, would have done *something* for his public image I think. Didn't he ask someone at a soup kitchen if they'd thought about 'getting into business'?

"do you work in finance" I think is what he asked.

www.theguardian.com/society/2022... "The prime minister asked the man whether he worked in business. The man replied that he was homeless. Sunak asked if finance was something he 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.”"

‘Do you work in business?’ Sunak mocked for ‘excruciating’ exchange with homeless manwww.theguardian.com PM filmed asking man if he would like to ‘get in to’ financial services during visit to London shelter

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