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Alison Hammond asked what Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak was ‘actually doing here’ after viral footage showed he didn’t appear to know how to carry out a contactless payment.
This Morning fans saw Hammond back with co-star Dermot O’Leary as they rang in the weekend on the ITV show.
Early on into the programme, the duo discussed the biggest news stories of the day, with Mr Sunak’s budget high up on the billing.
While talking over the introduction of a 6p decrease in fuel prices in the cabinet minister’s spring statement, they shared how Mr Sunak’s day of press didn’t go quite so smoothly.
Hammond shared: ‘There was a PR stunt he did, which actually has gone a little bit badly, really.’
O’Leary could be heard laughing as his co-star explained the video of Mr Sunak filling up what appeared to be his car.
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The vehicle was later revealed to be borrowed from a Sainsbury’s worker for the photo opportunity in question.
‘It’s now confirmed he drives a VW Golf, not a Kia,’ she told viewers.
She soon slammed the Chancellor, sharing: ‘He’s literally gone from hero to zero, he also had trouble paying for the actual petrol.
‘I mean, what is he actually doing here?’ she asked.
The viral clip shows Mr Sunak raising his bank card to the shop attendant’s barcode scanner instead of the card machine, as he seemed to become confused over how to pay.
The millionaire chancellor put £30.01 into a Kia Rio in New Cross, south-east London, yesterday.
O’Leary went on to criticise the move after the PR stunt ended in disaster.
‘The micro issue here, why do they do the set-up PR stunts?
‘They always come back to bite them,’ he shared.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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