‘Hear Me Out’: BBC Audience Laughs As Tory Minister Says Rishi Sunak ‘Doing Good Job’

Tory Minister Alex Burghart prompted laughter from the BBC Question Time audience on Thursday after he suggested that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “doing a good job.”

“Hear me out,” he pleaded with the crowd, attempting to continue his point.

Stopping him, host Fiona Bruce asked: “Why do you think people are laughing?”

Burghart replied: “I’m just going to finish what I’m saying,” causing the audience to laugh once again.

He continued: “I’m just going to finish what I’m saying. This has been one of the most challenging parliaments in any of our lifetimes. We’ve had the biggest health crisis in 100 years, we’ve had the first war in Europe since 1945, the biggest energy crisis since the 1970s, the highest inflation since the 1980s and it’s been tough.”

“And do you know what? The IMF says that the UK is going to grow faster than Japan, faster than Germany, faster than France, faster than Italy. Our economy is recovering, and one of the main reasons for that is Rishi Sunak.”

He added: “I think he has done a really good job in difficult circumstances, and I think when it gets to the election, when it’s about people having to decide who’s got a plan for the next five years, they’ll choose Rishi Sunak over Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, who quite frankly have no plan for the country at all.”

His arguments, however, failed to resonate, leading to a prolonged silence and more awkward laughter.

Turning to the minister, Bruce asked: “Why is this not cutting through… with quite a bit of the audience?”

“You’ll have to ask them,” Burghart replied.

Burghart’s defence of Sunak comes amid calls from former cabinet minister Simon Clarke for Tory MPs to replace the PM and murmurs of rebellion, anticipating a heavy defeat in the upcoming general election if they do not.

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