United Kingdom’s prime ministerial contender Rishi Sunak has found himself at the receiving end of the wrath of British citizens who are at the top of the race to succeed him, which is now riddled with controversy. ‘The Sunday Telegraph’ has also seen a 424-word attack on the British Indian former chancellor, who called him a ‘liar’ and a ‘schoolboy’ who cannot be trusted with taxes.
A decade old video of such times former vice chancellor A BBC documentary ‘Middle Classes – Their Rise and Sprawl’ has created panic on the Internet.
In the video, the then 21-year-old Sunak says he doesn’t have “working class friends”. In the video he says, “I have friends who are elite, I have friends from upper class. I have some friends who are, you know, working class. Well, not working class”.
He adds, “I mix and match and then I saw kids from an inner-city state school and asked them to apply to Oxford and talk to them about people like me”.
Rishi Sunak is of Indian origin British leader who began his campaign on 8 July with the hashtag #Ready4Rishi to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of Britain.
Some netizens called him a ‘clown’ while others accused him of being a ‘liar’. The old video has fed his critics as the hashtag #FishyRishi trended on social media platforms.
A British journalist has shared the video calling it ‘toe-curling’.
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The craze has been dubbed a liar British citizen who published a memo titled “Get ready for Rishi”, in which the 42-year-old MP was described as having a “Big Tax and Big Spend” agenda.
The memo personally criticized Sunak, saying he “lyed in public” to explain the legal non-domicile tax status of his Indian wife Akshata Murthy.
The memo also points to the fact that he “secretly” held a green card to work in the US during the 18 months in his UK chancellery, casting doubt on his claim that “his resignation took place within minutes”. inside” [fellow Cabinet minister Sajid Javid] was an unplanned coincidence”, pointing out that he began his campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party with a website domain registered in December last year.