ALBAWABA - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is getting a lot of flak on social media platforms for asking a homeless person if he "works in business."
Rishi Sunak is so out of touch.
— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) December 24, 2022
Working for the PR points in a homeless shelter, his original question to a homeless person is “Do you have a business?”
(which he switches at the last minute to “Do you work in a business?”)
pic.twitter.com/kbxjbIy4MQ
The video clip is trending, with tens of retweets. The British PM decided to help out on Friday at a London shelter for the homeless, which is usually set up over the Christmas holidays.
This is out of touch billionaire UK PM @RishiSunak:
— Gerry Hassan ?? (@GerryHassan) December 24, 2022
SUNAK: "Do you work in business?"
DEAN: "No, I’m homeless. I’m a homeless person."
SUNAK: "Is banking or finance something you’d like to get into?"
DEAN: "I’d just like to get through Christmas."pic.twitter.com/oyjWhHMkI2
Sunak was serving breakfast behind the counter when the exchange with the homeless man took place, as relayed by Anadolu: After asking Dean, the homeless man: "Do you work in business?" the British premier got the reply: "No, I'm homeless. I'm actually a homeless person."
This is out of touch billionaire UK PM @RishiSunak:
— Gerry Hassan ?? (@GerryHassan) December 24, 2022
SUNAK: "Do you work in business?"
DEAN: "No, I’m homeless. I’m a homeless person."
SUNAK: "Is banking or finance something you’d like to get into?"
DEAN: "I’d just like to get through Christmas."pic.twitter.com/oyjWhHMkI2
But then the conversation went on with an interesting dialogue. Bits and pieces of the conversation were fully audible in videos posted on social media with the prime minister engaging Dean and encouraging him to talk with the chit-chat turning about finance.
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has branded Rishi Sunak's visit to a shelter "excruciating" after he asked a homeless man if he works in business.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 25, 2022
The prime minister visited the homeless shelter in London run by The Passage on Friday https://t.co/WEhNODDsER pic.twitter.com/WCIFtcB1wY
"Is that something you'd like to get into?" asked the prime minister, to which Dean replied: "Yeah I wouldn't mind. But, I don't know. I'd like to get through Christmas first."
