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‘Let them heat lakes’: Sunak’s pool about to be finished as local public baths face closure

This pun sums it up perfectly...

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-08-01 09:09
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Yesterday the Mirror reported Rishi Sunak’s private pool neared completion as local swimming baths face closure.

It comes at a bad time for Sunak as he admitted he is “playing catch-up” to Liz Truss and claimed the Tory leadership race’s sought-after underdog status.

The 42-year-old alluded to the fallout from his wife’s tax status when he appeared to suggest some commentary claimed he “wouldn’t even have been a part of this contest” if she had not announced her decision to pay UK taxes on her overseas income while he was still chancellor in April.

As the Foreign Secretary continued to best him in the polls, Mr Sunak’s weekend has been characterised by his pledge to end “woke nonsense” and his supporters attributing his unpopularity to “latent racism” – a claim which he was quick to dispute as incorrect.

Pool

A politician building a pool for themselves at any time let alone when the country is facing an economic crisis is never a good look.

The pool is a luxury edition to his £1.5 million mansion – and we doubt he will face any difficulty paying running costs of about £13,000 a year.

We assume he isn’t stupid enough to try and claim it as an MP expense…

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Austin Gordon, general manager at Richmond Pool, told the Mirror the bills it faced were “horrendous” and it would be forced to close, like thousands of others, without help from the possible future PM – who lives just 18 miles away with a pool of his own.

So what did people make of this news?

1.

The public swimming baths in Richmond in Yorkshire are closing and local MP Rishi Sunak is building a private pool in his own multimillion pound home. And there you have Tory Britain encapsulated in miniature.

— David__Osland (@David__Osland) July 31, 2022

2.

Rishi Sunak
Building himself a private pool while the one his constituents use is marked for closure.
Sunak – for the few, not the many.https://t.co/9xi69NtfsR pic.twitter.com/tFNDYZlJRc

— r_0904 (@r_0904) August 1, 2022

3.

It would also be nice if Sunak didn't sponge off taxpayers to "repair his image"

Maybe they could have used the money to repair the local pool?https://t.co/8FpePj666v

— Russell England 😷💉💙🇪🇺🧳🌻🇺🇦 (@RussellEngland) August 1, 2022

4.

Out of his depth on irony https://t.co/aGBaWln9h6

— Mike Bailey (@linusdaddy) August 1, 2022

5.

Pop round with your cossies folks, you paid for this..#Richmond https://t.co/Ak8KCZBz58

— J T Beckett 🟨🟥 💙💚 #Antifa #BLM (@carbonsaveruk) July 31, 2022

But this is what you have to take your (swimming) cap off for!

Let them heat lakes. https://t.co/bBLY1415KQ

— Ben Fenton (@benfenton) July 31, 2022

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