Was this Rishi Sunak’s ‘Gordon Brown moment’?

Rishi Sunak’s conversation with a former NHS worker in Winchester will surely go down in history as his “Gordon Brown moment”. The former PM called a woman “bigoted” in a conversation about immigration and the economy. Sunak has been filmed laughing as he was challenged by a woman over the state of the NHS.

It illustrates the fact that many of those who govern us are millionaires or multimillionaires. One wonders how many of them use, or have any real interest in in the health service, or indeed state schools? The sooner we remove these super-rich politicos from office the better for our beleaguered nation.

Andrew McLuskey

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UPDATE 24.1.24: It later transpired that Mr Sunak appeared to be laughing at a remark made off-camera by another person in the crowd, and not at the remarks of the woman in the video.

The government’s Rwanda bill is certainly not “the will of the people”. We, the people, have not been asked to express our opinions.

We need to have a general election now so that we can tell Mr Sunak exactly what we think about abandoning human rights and flouting international law and treaties.

Marilyn Timney

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What a total disgrace the prime minister was in his walkabout in Winchester. When confronted by a member of the public regarding the state of the health service, he had the audacity to laugh at her. All she was trying to do was ask questions about waiting times, and he walked away from her without answering.

If this is an example of someone who putting himself up for re-election, God help us. Where is the compassion for people who are less fortunate them himself? All he seems to care about is the well-off people who can pay for their own health care. Nobody else seems to matter.

Paul Atkins

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At the beginning of the pandemic, Kate Bingham was appointed to get the vaccination process moving rapidly. She did an excellent job.

We now need to get help quickly to many victims, particularly after Grenfell, the HIV-tainted blood scandal, the criminalisation of subpostmasters and the Windrush disgrace.

Are there no new Kate Binghams that the government could appoint to knock heads together and expedite these payments?

Margaret Mann

London