The anecdote just keeps getting better.
5 fewer hastings and still 7 left, but the standard of comedy is definitely up.
Local Councilor Alex Chalk introduces his Rishi Sunak, his No 10 candidate he endorses, the centaur of Cheltenham Racecourse He packed the hall with 2,000 Conservatives He told party members a funny story about how he was recently mistaken for a former Labor leader. Hopeful.
As I was knocking on the door of my constituency in Gloucestershire, I heard from one voter, "You may be better than your brother, but we want you here too. No.”
Apparently he was mistaken for David Miliband - and once Chalk mentioned it, the resemblance was hard to miss.
Then came Sunak himself.
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NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)Delivery still exaggerated Being a little deceitful and a little hopeless like a child a TV presenter trying to drive his little darling into a frenzy.
But he is going crazy. It's not just about his height or, more specifically, his self-deprecating jokes about his short stature.
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Each follicle.
"He looks like he's lost his hairbrush, but you look like your mom combed your hair," she told the billionaire ex-Prime Minister with a stunning hairstyle. Did.
Sunak was also more welcome than his Downing Street rival, Liz Truss, with grassroots people cheering and applauding his arrival.
Chalk said his man was "a candidate who can speak not just to the party, but to the country," and to "be literally torn apart from the misery by the workers, the SNP, and the Liberal Democrats." We will save our country," he said. Our country is far away ”.
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REUTERS)The race between the two No 10s was an iconic race at Cheltenham Racecourse. It took place on location, with the surrounding sun pouring down and flooding the rolling countryside. At 30C (86F) heat.
Opinion polls, however, show that the contest is far from even and nowhere near photo-finishing. You may trip over some difficult fences.
The gaffe-prone hopefuls who referred to a project "here in Derbyshire", despite being dozens of miles south-west of Gloucestershire, have failed decisively.
In contrast to Sunak, who in Stump's speech stressed that as Prime Minister he released cash to improve local roads and was introduced by local MPs.
Truss was also heavily criticized for dressing like Margaret Thatcher, which forced her to insist that "I am myself."
But apart from the lighthearted banter that the specter of Thatcher once again haunted the Conservative leadership race, a decidedly emotional snack was the most powerful yet about Ms Truss. I had a really shocking moment when I gave the warning. Limited plans to ease the cost of living crisis by reversing her 1.25% rise in national insurance premiums.
to follow this proposal would mean that "we, as a Conservative government, would put millions of incredibly vulnerable people at risk of real poverty." He argued.
A challenger to Bookie's favorite launched a shocking mid-race intervention that energized the contest and sparked more questions along the course.
Truss will need better planning and better answers on how to help those who are genuinely afraid of looming fuel price hikes.
Finally, A word to the Sunak fans in the crowd. He was so capable of defending himself that he didn't need to be booed or ridiculed. Related question.
You should be better than that.
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