Rishi the Robot has failure down to a fine (body) art

Oh, Rishi. We’ve all been there, waiting for the results of an exam we know we flubbed, or the rejection email for a job where we accidentally called the interviewer “mum”, or the voters to consign us to the dustbin of history after leading our party to electoral ruin.

- RYAN COOGAN

It would be so easy to feel sorry for you – if it wasn’t for, you know, the Horrors.

He’s had a rough road, but it’s not like he’s done himself any favours. It seems like every day we’re gifted with a brand-new blunder or awkward moment from the PM, each more cringeworthy and baffling than the last.

I’m not suggesting that Sunak is trying to throw the election, but if he was trying to throw the election, I’m not sure how his strategy would differ from what he’s been doing for the past six weeks. Maybe he thinks that if he bombs hard enough, he’ll be able to score a few pity votes.

How else do you explain incidents like his appearance on This Morning yesterday, when he found himself taking a back seat to Becky Holt, aka Britain’s “most tattooed mum”? The prime minister – the most powerful man in Britain, mind you – sat awkwardly in the background while hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley quizzed the bikini-clad Holt on her choice of body art, which included a very frank discussion about the pitfalls of genital tattooing. Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves…