Inadvertently airing a “cloud” of adjectives the public used to characterize Prime Minister Rishi Sunak online at this exact time, the BBC missed the fact that it included the words c*** and t***.
This morning, the newly-elected Prime Minister met with King Charles. He is already assembling his Cabinet, which includes many familiar names including Dominic Raab, Suella Braverman, and Michael Gove.
But at 3:46 p.m. today, a reporter waiting outside No. 10 posed the straightforward query: “In one word, how would you define Rishi Sunak?”
At this time, a “Wordcloud” generated by polling research firm Savanta ComRes that included the public’s opinions about the new leader of the Conservative Party emerged on the screen.
The uninformed reporter singled out Mr. Sunak as being “wealthy,” “competent,” “okay,” “good,” and “smart,” but the graphic really used expletives to characterize him.
The word “c***,” which had been removed from the picture, was used to describe the MP for Richmond (Yorkshire).
However, there were other words used to characterize the new PM as well. The public also called him a t*** in response to the visual, albeit this time the term was not muted.
Words like “boring,” “slimy,” “idiot,” “backstabbing,” and “lie” were used, which indicated the public’s unhappiness with the Tory Government’s dismal performance in recent months.
However, not everything was bad for Mr. Sunak as others pointed out his favorable traits, such as being “clever,” “intelligent,” “safe,” and “strong.”
After beating opponents Penny Mordaunt and Boris Johnson to No. 10’s door yesterday in the wake of Liz Truss’ resignation, the Prime Minister was formally anointed PM today.
Ms. Truss held the role for only 44 days before Britain’s economy collapsed due to the mini-negative Budget’s impact on the pound.
The likes of former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, education secretary Kit Malthouse, and justice secretary Brandon Lewis will not be part of Mr. Sunak’s new Cabinet.
Instead, he has chosen people with backgrounds in their fields and kept several members of Ms. Truss’s prior staff.
The position of Chancellor, which Mr. Sunak has filled himself, will remain with Jeremy Hunt. Ben Wallace and James Cleverly will continue in their roles as defense and foreign secretaries, respectively.