Rishi Sunak hosting hog roast for Tory MPs – pigs might fly reactions

The PM Rishi Sunak is trying to rally the troops as it is claimed that he is hosting a hog roast at Downing Street.

Will some apple sauce and pork in a bun bridge the division in the party?

I’ll let you answer that yourself…

It comes as the Conservatives face a number of by-elections in generally blue areas.

Sunak Hog roast

One seat is Boris Johnson’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.

Politics Home claim the gathering will give MPs a chance to grill (pun intended) Sunak on the state of the Conservative Party before they depart for the lengthy summer recess next week, and they say teachers are lazy…

Difficult by-elections

Speaking as he flew to a NATO summit in Lithuania, the PM said: “Mid-term by-elections for incumbent governments are always difficult and that’s not news to anybody.

“Clearly the circumstances for these by-elections are obviously challenging.”

Sunak said: “When I was out and about in Selby there was great energy and enthusiasm from our volunteers and our members.

“I had a great time campaigning.”

The PM added: “The message I heard loud and clear from people is, ‘Just focus on the things that matter to them and make a difference on them’.”

Reactions

Well, the hog roast was to easy for the social media comedians…

1.

Weather looking as stormy as the BBQ will be?

hahahahahaha https://t.co/wSXqxD4bkd pic.twitter.com/AKMI6nLzIS

— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2023

2.

this is not how hog roasts work pic.twitter.com/xfQHPcFIMn

— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) July 10, 2023

3.

Under rated tweet.

He's not watched that episode of Black Mirror has he

— James (@netizen_james) July 10, 2023

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https://twitter.com/KarlTurnerMP/status/1678544884221857796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1678544884221857796%7Ctwgr%5E68628f911bda6d90f1f9887e02d26434095ca73a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2023%2F07%2F12%2Frishi-sunak-throwing-downing-st-hog-roast-for-tory-mps%2F

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Two things :-
1. He is skipping PMQs because he *has* to be away from Downing Street;
2. He was fined for attending a party at the same address;
He's not very good at this, is he?https://t.co/cXVYdh4dSD

— Mike Holden (@MikeHolden42) July 11, 2023

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Rishi Sunak Hopes Hog Roast Will Help Lift Tory Spiritshttps://t.co/BsNg7QTXA2 pic.twitter.com/DZ5Xn2GpmX

— christhebarker (@christhebarker) July 11, 2023

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https://twitter.com/Garwoofoo/status/1678709707605786625

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The man who is unable to make a decision reference any disciplinary actions in his Party and allows them all to run riot thinks the way of bringing them together is a free lunch
Hopefully not a red meat policy as many could become poorly #ToriesOut369
https://t.co/963cOjfJaY

— dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 (@dave43law) July 11, 2023

9.

https://twitter.com/ZombyWoof4/status/1678687226811564035

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Fingers crossed for a good hog roast tomorrow @RishiSunak #bbq pic.twitter.com/5d42BZwIfj

— WEF UK (@wef_uk) July 11, 2023

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When David Cameron hears the words "Hog Roast" pic.twitter.com/KOvpZKc1fb

— Neil Scully (@neilscully) July 11, 2023

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https://twitter.com/TonyDexter7/status/1678729140676034562

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