Sunak Ditches D-Day

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Prime minister Rishi Sunak has had to apologise after he departed D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations early. It has even emerged that he tried to avoid going at all. Co-hosts Charlotte Henry and Emma Burnell reflect on the implications of this, the opening debate between the PM and Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage's entry into the campaign.

• EXCLUSIVE: Fury after Rishi Sunak skips D-Day event with world leaders to do TV interview – Daily Mirror
• Rishi Sunak apology tweet
• Wes Streeting Tweet
• ITV Debate Format Has Fatal Flaws
• Charlotte Henry on Threads
• Charlotte Henry's website and newsletter – The Addition
• Emma Burnell on Twitter
• Emma Burnell's newsletter, Hard Thinking on the Soft Left
• House of Comments on Twitter

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