POLL OF THE DAY: Do you believe Sunak can turn around the Titanic? YOUR VERDICT
POLL OF THE DAY: Do you believe Sunak can turn around the Titanic? VOTE HERE
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Rishi Sunak suffered an embarrassing gaffe just days after he announced the General Election, but does he have the power to save the Tory Party from electoral oblivion?
While visiting Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, the Prime Minister was asked whether he was captaining a “sinking ship”.
The question was asked while Sunak visited Artemis Technologies, a local company which manufactures zero-emissions maritime technology.
“Are you captaining a sinking ship going into this election?” a reporter asked.
Sunak, who appeared slightly irked by the question, replied: “If you look at what’s happened over the past few weeks, you can see our plan is working.”
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, who was standing next to the Prime Minister appeared to struggle to contain his grin.
POLL OF THE DAY: Do you believe Sunak can turn around the Titanic? YOUR VERDICT
GB News
The gaffe came ahead of the first televised debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer where they clashed over tax, healthcare, immigration and the European Convention on Human Rights.
When asked who they thought won the debate, GB News membership readers, thought Sunak was the winner by an overwhelming margin.
A majority (76 per cent) of the 535 voters thought Sunak won the debate, while just six per cent thought Starmer won. 18 per cent said they did not know, in the poll, which ran on Wednesday.
The debate could mark a turning point in the run-up to the General Election and offer Sunak a chance to turn around the “sinking ship”.
In the exclusive poll for GB News membership readers, an overwhelming majority (82 per cent) of the 473 voters thought Sunak could not turn around the Titanic, while just 16 per cent thought he could. Two per cent said they did not know.
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