Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Evening Standard

    Rishi Sunak’s D-Day snub: What happened and what it means for his campaign

    by Sophie Wingate Jun 07, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Rishi Sunak’s election campaign has been thrown into disarray after the Prime Minister was forced to apologise for skipping a major international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in order to take part in a TV interview.

    – How did the saga unfold?

    The Prime Minister attended the UK national event at Portsmouth on Wednesday and then the British ceremony in Normandy on Thursday, the anniversary of the allied landings on D-Day.

    But he then left France before the high-profile gathering of world leaders, including Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, on Omaha Beach for the international ceremony on Thursday afternoon.

    Instead, he left Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron to be pictured alongside the US, French and German leaders paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

    It was also

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Evening Standard

    Evening Standard6 min readPopular Culture & Media Studies
    Q&A: How Has The General Election Campaign Unfolded On Social Media?
    Since Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the General Election on May 22, social media has been awash with viral and bizarre moments – so how has the campaign played out online? From Labour’s Cilla Black TikTok to Nigel Farage referencing Eminem, some
    Evening Standard2 min read
    Ellen DeGeneres Cancels String Of Stand-up Comedy Tour Dates
    Ellen DeGeneres has quietly cancelled four scheduled dates on her stand-up comedy tour. It is the first tour from the US comedian since she stepped down from The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2022 after allegations of a toxic workplace environment. The
    Evening Standard2 min read
    Sir Ian McKellen Says Wrist And Neck Injuries ‘On The Mend’ After Theatre Fall
    Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he injured his wrist and neck when he fell from a West End stage last month, causing him to withdraw from the remainder of the show’s national tour. The veteran screen and stage actor, 85, was portraying Sir John Falstaf

    Related Books & Audiobooks