The Labour Party has shared a new spot featuring comedian Jon Richardson naked in a bubble bath, in a Big Short Parody.
“Rishi Sunak would love you to forget how he made his millions before becoming an MP,” the video begins.
“He wants you to think it’s too complicated to understand. Here’s Jon Richardson in a bubble bath to explain,” it continues.
Richardson, then cracks open a cold one before describing Sunak’s previous role as a partner in a hedge fund as “amazingly profitable for him but bad for everyone else”.
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Then he launches into a tirade lambasting Sunak’s previous firms role in a deal involving Dutch bank ABN-AMRO.
“It’s been described as the worst deal in British corporate history,” Richardson says before continuing his speech in sweary tones before standing up and getting out of the bath.
“Josh Widdecombe was busy, was he?” Richardson asks as he breathes a satisfied sigh.
Meanwhile the Conservatives are shining a security-focused spotlight to promote Sunak as the key to a stable future in their adventure-style party broadcast.
@ukconservatives Clear Plan. Bold Action. Secure Future. #conservative #generalelection #uk #rishisunak ♬ original sound – Conservatives
Elsewhere, Labour has tapped into TikTok’s “Surprise, Surprise” trend to lambast the Conservative’s National Service policy, while the Conservatives have taken a more personal approach one of their most viewed videos being an explainer from Sunak himself.
