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There has been much delight on Twitter, or X, this afternoon about a video clip, from yesterday, showing Rishi Sunak apparently unable to use a hammer properly. Even the Labour party’s campaigns department has been joining in.
Rishi Sunak: not the son of a toolmaker pic.twitter.com/zFwCFTf6rU
— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) November 24, 2023
At the risk of spoiling the fun, the BBC’s Ione Wells has established that Sunak was actually told to use the hammer sideways when he visited at jewellery making studio in Farsley, West Yorkshire.
This clip is going viral – but in the full unedited rushes of the clip the woman with him actually says beforehand ‘use this bit’ to which he replies ‘sideways?’ and she says ‘yes.’ https://t.co/hd0yWRWbWX
— Ione Wells (@ionewells) November 24, 2023<img alt="Rishi Sunak with Emma White during a meeting with small business owners from Sunny Bank Mills, at the Emma White Jewellery Studio in Farsley yesterday.” src=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/98b9a5b6793be6fd1885fbd15b1af9734b1d9301/0_0_5500_3667/master/5500.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none” width=”465″ height=”310.0281818181818″ loading=”lazy” class=”dcr-evn1e9″>Rishi Sunak with Emma White during a meeting with small business owners from Sunny Bank Mills, at the Emma White Jewellery Studio in Farsley yesterday. Photograph: Molly Darlington/APUpdated at 10.57 EST29m ago10.31 ESTForeign Office condemns killing of Palestinian civilians on West Bank by Israeli settlers
The Foreign Office has issued a statement condemning the killing of Palestinian civilians on the West Bank by Israeli settlers. It put out the statement in a post on X featuring a picture of David Cameron, the foreign secretary, at a viewpoint looking across the West Bank with Daniel Seidermann, an Israeli lawyer and peace campaigner. The Foreign Office says:
Looking over the West Bank, @David_Cameron heard about the impact of settlement expansion and settler violence.
Reports of Palestinian civilians being killed by settlers across the West Bank are appalling.
Israel must prevent these…
2023-11-24 10:42:48
Post from www.theguardian.com
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