Rishi Sunak tonight confessed he is the ‘underdog’ in the Tory leadership contest – as the former chancellor committed another gaffe in his bid to become prime minister.
At the latest Conservative hustings event in Manchester, Mr Sunak acknowledged he is lagging behind Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the race to enter Downing Street.
A new campaign video released by Mr Sunak’s team this evening admitted their candidate was ‘the underdog’ – although the ex-Cabinet minister later declared he would ‘fight to the last day of this contest’.
Asked at the hustings event how, as a Southampton football club fan, he could get back to ‘winning ways’ in the battle to become Boris Johnson‘s replacement, Mr Sunak attempted to make light of his woes.
But his effort at friendly banter with the Manchester audience saw him blunder in his football knowledge.
‘I’m going to be unpopular for saying it here – starting by beating United this weekend!,’ Mr Sunak told the event.
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