British PM Apologizes For Ditching D-Day Events Early

NBC News reports:

Eighty years after Sir Winston Churchill helped mastermind the D-Day landings, a British prime minister was under fire Friday for leaving anniversary events early to return to the campaign trail of an election he looks likely to lose.

Already embattled and unpopular, Rishi Sunak cut short his time in Normandy to fly back to London for a TV interview that wasn’t due to be broadcast until next week.

Sunak apologized for what he said was a “mistake,” but not before his decision to head home early saw him assailed by criticism from his own allies as well as his political enemies.

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So it turns out Rishi Sunak originally refused to go to the D-Day commemorations *at all* and only agreed to go for part of it, in a “compromise” with the French.https://t.co/NnWgSBUj1E pic.twitter.com/4gL2wD4MO6

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) June 7, 2024

Rishi Sunak has admitted it was “a mistake not to stay in France longer – and I apologise” after being accused of a ‘dereliction of duty’ for leaving the D-Day events early to record a TV interview.

Political correspondent Hannah Miller had more details on #BBCBreakfast… pic.twitter.com/it5DKJNsjj

— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) June 7, 2024