Has Rishi Sunak lost what remains of his political judgement? That is the question being asked across the spectrum today. In a competitive field, the Prime Minister’s decision to leave the D-Day ceremony early will be remembered as one of the worst campaign decisions in history.
When it first became clear that Sunak had absented himself – leaving David Cameron to appear alongside world leaders in France – some speculated that he had suffered a family emergency. The answer was far less reasonable: Sunak had dashed back to do an interview with ITV denying that he lied over Labour’s tax plans (he did). In short, the Prime Minister put crude electioneering before commemoration of those who fought and died for their country.
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